In the last days of 2020 and the first ten days of January 2021, experts noted the stabilization of the situation with the spread of coronavirus in Russia.
This was announced by the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova during a meeting of the presidium of the coordinating council under the government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
“According to the dynamics of the epidemiological process as a whole in the Russian Federation ... we note the stabilization and decrease in the number of cases and the daily incidence rate from 19.9 to 15.6 per 100 thousand people,” Popova said.
At the same time, she noted that the situation in the regions remains different - from two to 50 detected cases per day per 100 thousand people.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor said that, according to the department, the intensity of the epidemic process in 22 subjects is in the stage of decline, and in 61 regions - in the stage of stabilization.
Growth is noted only in two regions with a small population.
“We are also seeing a 16% decrease in the number of hospitalized people over the past period ... The reproductive rate also decreases during the first decade, it was less than one in 76 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, that is, in a clearly larger territory of our country,” Popova said.
She noted that during the holidays, work was intensified to track persons in contact with COVID-19 patients, thanks to which about 905 thousand people are currently under the supervision of specialists.
In conclusion, the head of Rospotrebnadzor stressed that with strict adherence to the rules of prevention, "new beds should not be required."
In turn, the Minister of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko stressed that during the New Year holidays, medical services provided assistance to the Russians in full.
According to him, there were no "serious system failures."
“The situation with the incidence of coronavirus infection was completely under control.
The number of beds was sufficient, medical services discharged patients from the hospital on time, so there was no shortage in any region with beds.
Today, 23% of our beds are free at the hospital stage, ”he said.
The head of the Ministry of Health said that about 215 thousand patients are currently being treated in Russian hospitals, and about 870 thousand people receive outpatient care.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin urged to closely monitor the epidemic situation in the country after the New Year holidays and, if necessary, take prompt action.
“This concerns the reserve of bed capacity, drugs for the treatment of people - all this should be available,” the head of the cabinet explained.
Over the past 24 hours, 22,934 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Russia, 24,755 people have recovered, and 531 patients have died.
The total number of registered cases of COVID-19 in the country since the beginning of the epidemic has reached 3,448,203. Over the entire time, 2,825,430 patients (81.94%) have recovered.
From complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases, 62 804 people (1.82%) died.
"Sputnik V"
Since December, a large-scale vaccination against coronavirus has been carried out in Russia.
More than a million Russians have already been vaccinated, and more than 1.5 million people have received the drug.
According to Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, 42% of those vaccinated in the city are over 60 years old.
“This is the main risk group, it is the elderly who most often carry COVID-19 in a severe form.
We thank the older citizens for taking responsibility for their health, being vaccinated against coronavirus infection and protecting themselves and their loved ones, ”she said.
According to the press service of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, applications for the purchase of over 1.2 billion doses of Sputnik V vaccine were received from more than 50 countries.
The drug for foreign markets will be mainly produced overseas, in particular in India, Brazil, China and South Korea.
On Thursday, January 14, Argentine Airlines A330 will fly to Moscow to pick up a batch of 300 thousand doses of Sputnik V vaccine and deliver it to the country.
The first shipment was sent to the Latin American republic at the end of December.
Denis Tetyushin, press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, said that Indonesia is negotiating the supply of a domestic vaccine.
The delivery of 2 million doses of Sputnik V to Laos is under discussion.
Armenia is negotiating the supply of vaccines against coronavirus to the country with four companies, including the manufacturer of the Russian drug, said Gayane Sahakyan, Deputy Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
“A small amount of the Sputnik V vaccine was donated to us in the form of assistance, now we are negotiating (on deliveries -
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) with a Russian manufacturer.
Negotiations are also underway on possible supplies of vaccines to Pfizer / BioNtech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.