Rospotrebnadzor reported that it did not prohibit parents, guardians and volunteers from visiting orphanages and boarding schools due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, visitors must follow the rules of prevention, RIA Novosti clarifies. Relevant non-profit organizations spoke about the restrictions. The press service of Rospotrebnadzor noted that visits to social organizations are possible subject to compliance with preventive measures.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030.” The text of the document was published on the website of the presidential administration.

The first child from Russia with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) won the lottery and will receive free treatment with the drug Zolgensma. This was announced by the head of the SMA Families Foundation, Olga Germanenko. “One and so far the first child from Russia has won the Zolgensma lottery and will receive the drug for free from the manufacturer as part of this program,” she wrote on Facebook.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested transgender activist Polina Simonenko, who participated in a protest against amendments to the Family Code, for 14 days. The amendments prohibit transgender people from changing their birth certificates and getting married. According to OVD-Info, Simonenko was found guilty under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code (repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Parts 1 - 6.1 of the same article).

In the city of Nizhnie Sergi, Sverdlovsk region, a state of emergency was introduced after heavy rainfall, which flooded residential buildings and destroyed bridges. This was reported on the website of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations. 63 houses inhabited by 189 people were flooded. Rescuers evacuated five people, the rest left their homes themselves. There were no casualties. A temporary accommodation center has been set up, where five people are staying.

In St. Petersburg, the court sentenced serviceman Nikita Cherb, who was found guilty of exceeding official authority with the use of violence with grave consequences. He received a two-year suspended sentence after injuring a subordinate, which caused him to fall into a coma, Fontanka reports. The victim’s mother, Olga Orlova, spoke about the results of the trial. She added that her son forgave the commander and asked to avoid severe punishment.

The children's charity foundation "Sunny City" implements systematic long-term programs and projects to support children without parental care, foster families and families in difficult life situations. During the second quarter of 2020, as part of the Hospital Children project, nannies took care of 421 small patients in 7 regions of the Russian Federation . All nannies are regularly trained, test their knowledge and monitor their emotional state.

The first coronavirus vaccine is ready in Russia. First Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Ruslan Tsalikov told Arguments and Facts about this. According to him, specialists from the Ministry of Defense and scientists from the Gamaleya National Research Center have already completed the final analyzes of the drug trials. There is no word on when the vaccine will be put into production.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which HIV-positive people taking therapy can adopt children. The document was published on the legal information portal. A person with HIV, in order to adopt a child, as well as to obtain guardianship or take a child into a foster and foster family, must be monitored by an infectious disease specialist for more than a year and receive therapy.

“Workshop of Care” is an educational project of the Hospice Charity Fund “Vera”, launched in 2017. This project is aimed at training medical personnel, seats or relatives of seriously ill people with different characteristics of care. During the quarantine , the “Workshop of Care” launched a special care course for relatives of seriously ill people. Teaching videos publish on the site "About Palliative" .

The Perm Regional Court sentenced a 28-year-old local resident to life imprisonment for murder and arson, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reports . A man killed his pregnant wife and young son. In November 2019, a man stabbed his wife multiple times and then killed his three-year-old son. Then the man tried to commit suicide and also set the apartment on fire. Emergency Situations Ministry employees localized the fire, and the man was detained.

“Zone of Law” presented a report on violations of the rights of women under administrative arrest. Human rights activists indicated that in special detention centers, women face violations of privacy, a shortage of tampons and pads, and they have limited access to sanitary facilities.

Dozens of surrogate mothers were left without a livelihood after the Russian Investigative Committee began persecuting participants in the surrogate childbearing business. Kommersant writes about this.

The Duma Committee on Health Protection discussed the creation and launch of a state fund to help children with orphan (rare) diseases, the State Duma press service reports . The fund should start operating on January 1, 2021. The new tax system, which will finance the work of the fund, will be launched at the beginning of 2021, and the taxes themselves will arrive a year later.

Lucy has been living at home since September. Eleven months of everything. We have adaptation, her mother Tatyana says with pride, today there was another demonstration. And I understand this pride! Demonstration performances are when the child relaxes. Yes, do not wait for anything good during this period. But how to grow, if you do not go through it, do not check: can you trust exactly? Besides, if you were betrayed so many times?