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Evening Coronavirus
What is known about repeated infections. During the pandemic, the number of unemployed people in Russia increased by almost one and a half million. Phuket opens in October (but not for us yet)
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In Russia, the number of new cases of COVID-19 has decreased for the fourth day in a row: 4,676 infected people were identified in the last 24 hours. In total, 970,865 people have fallen ill in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. During the day, 6,403 patients with Covid were discharged from hospitals. Over the entire period, 786,150 people have recovered. 115 people died during the day, for a total of 16,683 people.
The head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool, was previously diagnosed with pneumonia . On August 24, he announced that he had become infected with the coronavirus again. In the Kaluga region, self-isolation for residents over 65 years of age, which was in force since March 27, has been lifted . Hospitals in the Tyumen region are returning to normal operating hours: medical examinations and medical examinations have resumed .
Cafes and restaurants will open in the Saratov region from August 27. From September 1 , theaters and concert organizations will open in the Kurgan region. Cinemas and water parks opened in the Vologda region. School assemblies on September 1 will be held in 75 regions of Russia . Foreign coaches and athletes were allowed to enter Russia .
Data for Russia in the form ofmaps and tables . We update them every day.
Beijing authorities said there were no Covid patients left in the city : the last two patients were discharged on Tuesday. Quarantine in Ukraine was officially extended until October 31 . From August 29 to September 28, foreigners are prohibited from entering. Demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions that were planned for this weekend have been banned in Berlin. All schools in Myanmar have been closed after a record 70 new cases were detected in the country. Germany will spend another 10 billion euros to support the economy. The World Economic Forum in Davos has been postponed from January to summer 2021 . Antonio Banderas has recovered from coronavirus . He spent 21 days in quarantine.
News that may affect you directly
We explain whether it is possible to become infected again . Short answer: it seems so . There is at least one reliably proven case of reinfection: a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong fell ill. At the same time, it is impossible to say that immunity is not developed after the first infection: the second time the disease was easier. It is still difficult to say whether it is possible to become infected a third time. But it is already clear that achieving herd immunity with the possibility of re-infection will be more difficult. Although the vaccine should help, because it provides immunity that is different from natural.
Phuket will open to foreign tourists from October 1 . Visitors will have to take two Covid tests and go into quarantine for two weeks. You can come to Phuket for at least 30 days. Thailand remains closed to Russians for now. Travel agencies surveyed by Kommersant expect the resumption of flights no earlier than by the New Year.
Unemployment in Russia is growing for the fifth month in a row . According to Rosstat, from February to early August the number of unemployed people increased by 1.3 million people , from 3.4 to 4.7 million. Since the beginning of the pandemic, unemployment in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Tomsk Region has increased fivefold, and in the Omsk Region - fourfold.
What else
Russians have become more active in spending money, but retail is still in danger of falling . Over the past week, Russians spent 1.9% more than during the same period in 2019. At the same time, spending on non-food products increased, while spending on food decreased. The crisis caused by the pandemic could lead to the first decline in the Russian retail market in 20 years.
PS There is not much good news in this newsletter, so tell us what good things are happening to you while quarantine is around. And we will tell your stories to make us all feel better.
Here's what reader Marina wrote to us:
A year ago I moved to Berlin and soon met a young man named Patrick. We immediately fell in love with each other and began to visit each other on weekends - either I visited him in Austria, or he visited me in Germany. Patrick turned out to be a contemporary artist; at the time we met, he had been working on the project “Berlin - Beirut zu Fuß” (“On foot from Berlin to Beirut”) for a year and a half, the main part of which was supposed to begin on April 1.
On this day, Patrick - along with a stuffed horse on wheels named after Lawrence of Arabia - was to set out on a four-month journey on foot to Beirut. We discussed the route so that I could come for the weekend to different points along the way, shake off Patrick from the road dust, passionately hug him and go home.
On March 16, we went to the dacha for a few days to relax before the big trip and spend time together... and stayed there for almost five months. A weekend romance suddenly turned into living together in a village with almost no people or internet. At the time, we didn’t understand how long the coronavirus would last and, not really believing that it could last for long, we continued to plan.
According to our brilliant plan, Patrick was supposed to arrive at the port of Beirut in the second half of July. We decided to spend a couple of weeks there together and booked a nice hotel near the port. Everyone knows what happened on August 4th . We are very grateful to the coronavirus that Patrick and I now have our second birthday on this day. I'm terribly curious what will happen next.
All the best and more interesting projects, and less time pressure.
We agree on a plush horse on wheels!
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