In Russia, the total number of detected cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 reached 1,272,238. According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 49.6 million coronavirus tests have been carried out in the country.

251 thousand people remain under medical supervision.

On October 9, Russia recorded a record daily increase in new patients diagnosed with coronavirus - 12 126 (in the previous two days, 11 493 and 11 115 were detected).

Prior to this, the record for the number of new cases of COVID-19 detected per day was set on May 11 (11,656).

According to the headquarters, 27% of new patients had no clinical manifestations of coronavirus infection.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 1,009,421 people (79.34%) have recovered, including 7,092 in the last day.

22,257 patients (1.75%) died from complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases.

Over the past day, 201 people have died.

The regions where the largest number of new cases were detected per day included Moscow (3701) and St. Petersburg (469), as well as Moscow (411), Rostov (265) and Nizhny Novgorod (247) regions.

According to Sber, the peak incidence of coronavirus infection in Russia will fall on November 8-12, in Moscow - from October 17 to 24.

This is evidenced by the data of four scenarios for the development of events, calculated on the basis of an epidemiological simulator using the SEIR mathematical model.

As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted, if the number of cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia continues to grow, actions and decisions of the federal headquarters may be required.

At the same time, it is premature to talk about what exactly these measures can be.

"If the situation continues to become more complicated in this way, and the number of infected continues to grow, of course, this will be a topic for consideration by the government headquarters and at the regional level," said the press secretary of the Russian president.

Measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Moscow

The leader in the country in terms of the number of detected cases is Moscow (321 812, of which more than 57 thousand are active).

According to the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin, the city authorities are making the necessary decisions in connection with the epidemiological situation.

“But without people responding to these measures, helping themselves and the people around them, nothing will work.

Such things can only be done together, trusting each other.

We give full information about what is happening in the city, we do not misrepresent, we do not go overboard and do not gloss over anything.

As it is, it is, ”said the mayor on the air of Channel One.

He also called for waiting for mass vaccinations.

“Of course, people are already psychologically tired: tired of being afraid, tired of following the requirements of doctors.

All this is understandable, but we still have to hold out for several months ... At the exit, the production of a mass vaccine that will remove these problems.

But for this you just need to get together and concentrate and do everything possible to avoid any collapse, ”added Sobyanin.

Since October 9, Moscow has temporarily suspended the effect of discounted travel for schoolchildren and free travel for people over 65 years old and suffering from chronic diseases in public transport.

Since September 28, the elderly and people with chronic diseases have been instructed to follow a home regimen.

Since October 5, employers in the capital have been obliged to relocate at least 30% of employees, as well as all employees over 65 and suffering from chronic diseases.

Also, from that day, schoolchildren in Moscow began a vacation extended to two weeks.

In addition, Roszdravnadzor responded to media reports that when taking the drug from COVID-19 "Favipiravir", various side effects are possible.

The department, with reference to the data from the Pharmkonadzor 2.0 database, stressed that there was no information about "the development of reactions associated with nonspecific motor disorders, including falls."

"Roszdravnadzor pays special attention to monitoring the safety of these medicinal products, and if it becomes necessary to change the instructions for the medical use of these medicinal products, such changes will be made in accordance with the current legislation," the commentary says.

Earlier, the information center on pharmacotherapy in patients with new coronavirus infection "PharmaCOVID" on the basis of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education (RMANPO) of the Ministry of Health published material from which it follows that drugs based on favipiravir can cause side effects such as night walking syndromes and fast running, and an increased risk of falls.

COVID-19 situation in the world

The world recorded a record number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 per day from 7 to 8 October.

This figure was 338 779. This follows from the data of the World Health Organization.

The previous record was recorded on October 2, when the daily gain was 330,340.

Also, the authorities in Bulgaria and Canada reported a record daily increase in patients diagnosed with coronavirus.

So, in Bulgaria, 516 new cases were detected per day, which is 79 more than the day before.

We add that the country's record values ​​are recorded for three days in a row.

In total, in Bulgaria, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 23,579, of which 15,563 people recovered, 880 patients died.

In turn, Canada also updated its record figure, which was set a few days ago, on October 6 (2,363).

Over the past day, 2,436 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Canada.

The total number of coronavirus cases is 175,559, 147,508 recovered, 9,557 deaths were recorded.

As follows from the materials of Johns Hopkins University, at the time of publication, 36,445,067 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the world.

The largest number of cases is in the United States (more than 7.6 million), India (6.83 million), Brazil (5.023 million) and Russia (1,272,238 - according to the Russian operational headquarters).

At the same time, over 1.06 million people around the world died from complications associated with coronavirus infection and other diseases, including 212 thousand in the USA, Brazil (148 thousand) and India (105 thousand).

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In addition, China has joined the COVAX international mechanism for the development and distribution of vaccines against coronavirus.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing has taken an important step towards fulfilling its promise to make the COVID-19 vaccine a "global public good."

“Despite the fact that the PRC has sufficient production capacity, and our research and development in the field of coronavirus vaccine has reached an international high level, China still decided to join COVAX,” she explained.

To date, more than 170 countries have joined the WHO initiative.

At the same time, the United States is not going to participate in this mechanism, since it leaves the World Health Organization in the summer of 2021.

At the same time, Washington accused other states of wanting to prevent the United States of America from creating and distributing its own vaccine against coronavirus among the population.

According to the director of the US National Center for Counterintelligence and Security (NCSC) William Evanina, such attempts are allegedly made by Russia, China and Iran.

“When we do get it, they will probably try to prevent us from vaccinating the population.

China, Russia and Iran - all the same three actors - are clearly striving to prevent us from acquiring a vaccine.

Ultimately, when we create a vaccine, when we get it, we will protect the supply chain until it reaches you and me, ”Evanina told American television company Hearst.

He also believes that these three states will allegedly try to take advantage of the fact that Donald Trump is sick with COVID-19, and will influence the presidential elections scheduled for November 3.

“This only strengthens their potential for large-scale actions in this direction.

And we have already observed and expect that we will continue to observe more aggressive actions on the part of our opponents against the president in connection with his coronavirus situation.

So we are dealing with a national security issue here, ”added the head of the NCSC.

As Anton Morozov, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, noted in a conversation with RT, such statements make the United States weak and are completely unconstructive.

“I think this is a way to cover up our own failures in developing this vaccine, which the world and especially the United States really need.

Since there is the maximum number of cases and the situation with the coronavirus is getting worse every day, ”Morozov stressed.