Breaking news about the spread of coronavirus in Russia and in the world on May 1 On non-working days during the May holidays, instead of the usual morning and evening mailings, we send you only the main thing - a daily digest of news about the coronavirus. IN THE WORLD Here is the data from Johns Hopkins University, which monitors the situation in real time: Infected: 3.6 million people (May 4 - 3.52 million, May 3 - 3.45 million).

What's happened Amazon Vice President and one of the lead engineers of Amazon Web Services, Tim Bray, has decided to leave Amazon after five years of work, as he said in his blog. He cited the dismissal of warehouse employees who reported a shortage of protective equipment and the general atmosphere of fear in the company as the reason for his resignation.

The cost of July futures for Brent crude on the London ICE exchange rose to $30.5 per barrel as of 16:38 Moscow time. At the end of April, the price of this futures fell below $23. The June futures for American WTI crude oil (May futures for it collapsed to minus $35) also rose to $23.9. At the April 21 low, it sank to $8.6. Why this happened, we told in detail here .

The main news about the distribution of coronavirus in Russia and in the world - on May 5 We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! In the world We give data from Jones Hopkins, which tracks the situation in real time: Infected: 3.6 million people (May 3 - 3.52 million, May 3 - 3.45 million). Recovered: 1.17 million (May 4 - 1.13 million, May 2 - 1.1 million).

Irkut Corporation top manager Igor Vinogradov died after a short illness, according to the corporation's website. According to RBC's source in the company, on Saturday the top manager was hospitalized with pneumonia. Vinogradov made a huge personal contribution to the certification of the SSJ-100 (Sukhoi Superjet 100) aircraft according to Russian and European standards.

Due to coronavirus, more than 40 million workers in Europe were on a forced vacation, which involves covering part of their drop-down revenues, Bloomberg reports . If this support was not there, the unemployment rate would jump to historical maximums, the publication notes. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell! What's happened?

Quarantine or economic disaster? Faced with pandemia, most states chose the salvation of lives at the cost of tough restrictions. This dilemma, like any other, has no “correct” solution. But there is another dimension. The higher the state evaluates human life, the greater the chance that in the future it will not allow you to freely dispose of it, warns the economist, senior researcher at the RANEPA Vadim Novikov.

Researchers at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands have created an antibody to COVID-19 that was able to defeat the virus in the laboratory, reports Bloomberg. The study took place at the University of Utrecht and involved German and Dutch scientists. They managed to synthesize a monoclonal antibody, that is, proteins similar to those produced by human immune cells.

The number of people infected with coronavirus in Russia per day again exceeded 10 thousand people. On May 5, authorities reported 10,102 new infections. This is slightly less than on previous days: on May 3, there were 10,633 cases, and on May 4, 10,581. During the day, 95 people died, and for all the time in Russia there are already 1451 dead. Recovered - 1770 people, for all the time - 19 865 people.

The Telegram team refused to offer investors to get the GRAM cryptocurrency in 2021 - even if they are not in the jurisdiction of the United States that banned Gram. The initial proposal of Telegram gave investors the opportunity to pick up 72% of money investments right now or wait a year and get their share in GRAM or in money in the amount of 110% of investments. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!