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Evening Medusa
What not to do during the trials of the Russian vaccine. It will not be possible to vaccinate the entire population of the Earth for at least another four years. So how many days a recovered person remains contagious
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During the day, 5670 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Russia. This is the maximum since July 26th. In total, 1,079,519 people have fallen ill since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. During the day, 5809 patients with covid were discharged from hospitals. For all the time, 890,114 people have recovered. During the day, 132 people died, a total of 18,917 people.
On September 18, theaters, cinemas and swimming pools will open in Yakutia . In the Tomsk region, cinemas, theaters, cultural centers and concert halls have started working today . In theaters and cinemas in the Khabarovsk Territory, viewers no longer have to sit in a checkerboard pattern . In the Novosibirsk region, water parks have been launched in Chechnya , and museums . In the Novgorod region allowed the work of children's entertainment centers . The Mariinsky hospital in St. Petersburg, where the covid outbreak occurred, has started accepting patients again . It took less than a week to clear up the aftermath of the outbreak.
The ban on mass events in the Murmansk region has been extended until September 30. In the Smolensk region, the high alert regime has been extended indefinitely . In Krasnoyarsk, "about ten" students of the Siberian Federal University were hospitalized. Classes at the university continue in full-time and online format. were sent to quarantine in Ugra More than 1,200 students from 69 classes . Within a week, the number of classes increased by six times. In Vladivostok, 17 classes are already studying in quarantine in 12 schools .
Data on Russia in the form of a map and a table . We update them every day.
The number of cases in India has exceeded five million . Some hospitals have already reported shortages of oxygen supplies. In the Netherlands, again a record for infections per day: 1542 people fell ill . The previous record was yesterday. Romania also has its worst day in terms of infections: 1713 cases of covid were detected . And in the Czech Republic - 1677 people fell ill . In Israel, on September 17 - the day before the introduction of quarantine throughout the country - schools are closed .
On Friday, the authorities of Madrid will talk about the new restrictions . A third of active cases of covid in Spain are in the capital. Donald Trump said he expects a vaccine within a few weeks . He did not specify which company's vaccine he is talking about. in Belarus Testing of the Russian vaccine has begun . Turkey has started phase III trials of a Chinese vaccine.
News that may affect you directly
Rospotrebnadzor clarified the information that an ill person can be contagious for another 90 days . Yesterday, the head of the department, Anna Popova, announced this. Rospotrebnadzor called this statement a call for scientific discussion. Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gorelov clarified that Popova was not talking about the virus itself, but about its RNA . According to the infectious disease specialist Yevgeny Timakov, “it is impossible to be sure that ... within 90 days, the genetic material of the virus is isolated. It can also be the “corpses” of the virus, that is, the body gets rid of them, and it’s not a fact that they are virulent, that is, infectious.”
Participants in trials of the Russian vaccine are not advised to get pregnant and drink . It is still not possible to breastfeed a child and be an egg donor for three months after vaccination. You can smoke no more than ten cigarettes a day .
The entire population of the Earth will be able to be vaccinated only by 2024 . Adar Punawalla, CEO of Serum Institute, the largest vaccine manufacturer, believes that even if the capacities of all the pharmaceutical companies in the world are combined, global vaccination will take four to five years .
What else
Russia will supply 100 million doses of Sputnik V to India . The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) together with the Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's will conduct Phase III clinical trials for the vaccine. Deliveries should start at the end of the year .
At the end of the year, club football will lose $14 billion . This assessment was voiced by the head of the FIFA committee to combat the consequences of the pandemic, Olli Rehn. The amount of 14 billion could change for the worse if the championships have to be suspended again. Clubs in South America, Asia and Africa have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
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