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The number of infections in Russia is growing for the fifth day in a row. Over the past day, 5762 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected. In total, 1,085,281 people have fallen ill since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. During the day, 5754 patients with covid were discharged from hospitals. For all the time, 895,868 people have recovered. During the day, 144 people died, in total - 19,061 people.

was hospitalized with covid Opera singer Anna Netrebko . The actor and director Alexander Molochnikov became infected . The premiere of his performance “Bulba. Feast" at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya was postponed. Also, Molochnikov, already being sick, came to the Kinotavr festival. In Yakutia, restrictions have been extended until October 1 . In Ugra, the self-isolation regime for people over 65 years of age has been extended until October 4 . In the Altai Territory, 50 classes in 30 schools and one entire school were closed for quarantine .

Data on Russia in the form of a map and a table . We update them every day.

were infected per day In India , 97,894 people . This is a new world record. fell ill in a day In the Netherlands, the record for new cases of covid is updated for the third day in a row: 1,753 people . fell ill In the Czech Republic, for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic, more than two thousand people - 2139. In Ukraine, there is also a record for infections: 3584 people fell ill . The WHO called the increase in the incidence in Europe threatening and urged not to reduce the two-week quarantine for people who were suspected of having covid (as, for example, the UK and France did).

In China, was quarantined the 200,000-strong city of Ruili, on the border with Myanmar, . The airport in Wuhan, the city from which the pandemic began, resumed international flights eight months later . In Australia, the lowest number of cases since June 24, 35 people . In the countries of the Southern Hemisphere during the covid pandemic, a record low number of influenza cases was recorded. The World Bank estimated the terms of the world economic recovery at five years . The mayor of Kharkiv, Gennady Kernes, was taken to the Berlin clinic "Charite" with coronavirus. Kernes is reported to be in critical condition .

World Data: Map and Table .

News that may affect you directly

Free vaccination in the Moscow region will begin in December or after the New Year . Now the third stage of clinical trials of the vaccine is underway, and, according to the governor of the Moscow Region, Andrei Vorobyov, “final documents must be obtained in order for the vaccine to be flawless.”

The Kremlin sees no reason to return to quarantine . “There are currently no grounds for rumors about the resumption of the self-isolation regime in Russia,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President. Such a question is not even discussed , Peskov added.

There are no "outbreaks of mass diseases" in Russian schools, according to the Ministry of Education . due to covid Minister Sergei Kravtsov calls the situation calm: since the beginning of the school year , only 0.1% of schools have closed . “There are no serious reasons for transferring schools to distance learning,” Kravtsov said.

The vaccine from the Vector center has passed the first phase of clinical trials . Head of the Department of Zoonotic Infections and Influenza Alexander Ryzhikov promised to publish the results of the research in the coming months. At the next stages, at least three thousand volunteers will test the vaccine. Vector plans to register the drug in October.

What else

By the end of 2021, global GDP will lose seven trillion dollars due to the pandemic . The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) commented on its forecast: “The world economy will not recover faster than predicted. We will have to live with the virus for many more months.”

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