Oil prices are rising against the backdrop of threats of American President Donald Trump against Iran. This is evidenced by these exchanges. So, the raw materials of Brent varieties as of 8:30 Moscow time rose by almost 13% compared to the closing price to a level of $ 23.2 per barrel. The cost of a barrel of American reference oil WTI is growing by almost 15% and approached $ 16.

The Ministry of Labor demanded that all the nursing and neuropsychiatric boarding schools in Russia along with their guests and staff are quarantined. This was reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Olga Batalina.

As a source close to the operational headquarters to counteract the coronavirus in Russia told Rain, the self -isolation regime in Russia will not last longer than June. At the same time, according to the interlocutor of the television channel, he will be extended to May holidays. The source called June the maximum term of quarantine restrictions, but did not specify the dates.

A group of scientists, led by a professor of Volgograd State Medical University, Alexander Vorobyov, created a helmet to protect against Covid-19. It is reported by Rain. According to the publication, work on the helmet was carried out since September 2019. It was originally planned that the invention would protect against pollen and dust of people suffering from allergies.

In 2020, the International Energy Agency predicts the largest decline in oil demand in history. Some call this the end of the oil era, while others, on the contrary, are afraid that record low oil prices will slow down the development of new energy technologies.

The authorities of the Sverdlovsk region decided to introduce a access control for the duration of the May holidays. According to Interfax, this said the deputy governor of the region Pavel Krekov. We are talking about the period from May 1 to 10. The ban on traveling to the country at this time will not be introduced. “We have one criterion - to make the capacity to show effectiveness. Now her criteria, her technological things are being worked out.

The head of the Kirov Military Medical Academy, Alexander Fisun, wrote a statement of dismissal of his own free will due to miscalculations in organizing the fight against coronavirus. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Defense. “The miscalculations were made in organizing barrier and preventive measures at the faculty of training of doctors for foreign armies, which led to the infection of part of the cadets,” the department said.

In Derbent, the head physician of the city hospital removed the head of the infectious diseases department in which patients were treated in the back room for storing linen. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Health of the region. Earlier, a video appeared in social networks in which the girls lie under droppers in a hospital utility room.

The volume of direct gratuitous assistance to small and medium -sized businesses that have suffered from coronavirus will amount to more than 80 billion rubles. The size of assistance is calculated based on the minimum wage for one person. The company will be able to send these funds to employees and to solve “other urgent problems”, as Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. Money can be obtained provided that the company will save at least 90% of the state compared to March.

In Russia, 4774 new cases of coronavirus were recorded, the operational headquarters to combat the virus reports. Most ill in Moscow (+1959 people per day), suburbs (+688), St. Petersburg (+191), Murmansk region (+97), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (+94), Nizhny Novgorod (+73) and Rostov (+71) areas. In total, 62,773 cases of Covid-19 are registered in Russia today. 555 people died from the consequences of the disease, recovered 4891 people.

The volume of direct gratuitous assistance to small and medium -sized businesses that have suffered from coronavirus will amount to more than 80 billion rubles. This was announced by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a government meeting. The draft resolution will be considered on April 23. The size of assistance is calculated based on the minimum wage for one person.

Journalists of the newspaper Vedomosti criticized the actions of the acting chief editor of the publication Andrei Shmarov. Previously, he forbade publishing a number of materials, including on the basis of the Levada Center polls. The Insider provides the editorial office of the whole: I. about. The editor -in -chief of Vedomosti Andrei Shmarov, with his actions, has already shown how he plans to change the editorial policy of the newspaper.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, an emergency mode was introduced due to forest fires in Siberia. There, on April 21, the reserve of the Tsasucheisky Bor on an area of ​​730 hectares caught fire, the fire was already approaching the settlements.

The police of Russia and Germany jointly stopped the activities of the international group of cybercriminals. This was announced by the head of the Russian section of the International Police Association Yuri Zhdanov. “Together with the EU police through the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, we covered a large criminal network that stole our citizens and stored them on servers in Europe,” Zhdanov said.

To half of the deaths from coronavirus infection in Europe had to be nursing home. Such statistics were cited by the director of the European Bureau Hans Klyge. “In accordance with the assessment of the countries of the European region, up to half of all the Covid-19, residents of long-term care institutions. This is an unimaginable human tragedy, ”the words of Kluge on the WHO page are given on Twitter.