Over the past day, 10,253 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Russia - this is the minimum figure since October 3, 2020, when the diagnosis was confirmed in 9,859 people.

Most of the new episodes of COVID-19 were noted in Moscow (1421), St. Petersburg (956), Moscow (746), Nizhny Novgorod (382), Rostov (268), Voronezh (266) and Samara (263) regions.

Also, over the past day, 10,322 patients recovered, and 379 people died from complications caused by coronavirus and concomitant diseases.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,333,029 cases of coronavirus have been detected in Russia, of which 3,922,246 people (90.52%) have recovered, 89,473 (2.06%) have died.

Thus, 321,310 (7.42%) cases of COVID-19 remain active.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over 113.5 million laboratory tests have been carried out in the country for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, including 281 thousand over the past day.

About 521 thousand people remain under medical supervision.

Against the background of a gradual improvement in the situation with the spread of coronavirus, on Monday, March 8, a decision came into force in Moscow to abolish the compulsory home regimen for people over 65 and people suffering from chronic diseases.

The corresponding order was previously signed by the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin.

At the same time, he stated that 700-800 people with COVID-19 in severe form are admitted to hospitals every day, and urged citizens from risk groups to refrain from traveling as much as possible, as well as get vaccinated against coronavirus.

According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development Anastasia Rakova, more than 700 thousand people have been vaccinated in the city since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, and this figure is increasing daily by 10-15 thousand (earlier Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported that the first stage of vaccination had been completed more than 5 million Russians, and both components received 2.5 million people).

In an interview with Anton Krasovsky in the Antonyms program, the deputy mayor of the capital said that antibodies G (showing that a person has been ill and has developed immunity to coronavirus), on average, have 42-43% of Muscovites.

“That is, the objective sample that really needs to be vaccinated today is not that large.

Therefore, all these people and consistently go.

Plus, we specifically focused on the risk group during this period.

Out of this total mass, 300 thousand of us are mostly older people.

We have completely vaccinated all nursing homes with the first and second components by 93%, that is, the main group is the “chronicles” and people of the older generation, ”Rakova said.

She explained that in the six months that have passed since the lockdown was lifted in Moscow, some population immunity has gradually formed: “There were certain reasonable restrictions.

But ... since September, Moscow has lived a full life: everything worked, everything was open. "

It became known yesterday that North Macedonia has become the 46th country to have approved the use of the Sputnik V vaccine.

In terms of the number of permits received from state regulators, the Russian drug ranks second in the world, slightly behind the vaccine from AstraZeneca.

At the same time, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is working to expand the production capacity of Sputnik V abroad to meet the growing demand.

According to data as of mid-February, which was announced in an interview with the Financial Times by the head of the RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, contracts have already been signed for the release of 1.4 billion doses of the drug, which can be used to inoculate 700 million people.

According to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health of Belarus Dmitry Cherednichenko, industrial production of the Russian vaccine will be launched in the country at the end of March.

Now at the NITsEM named after honorary academician N.F.

Gamaleya is being examined by a test batch of Sputnik V, manufactured at the Belmedpreparaty enterprise, he said on the air of the ONT TV channel.

The specialist said that after the launch of production, the domestic market for vaccination of the population will first be saturated, and only then the export of the drug will be possible.

Last week, the head of the Russian Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko and the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed issues of countering the spread of COVID-19, including vaccination.

In particular, as reported in the press service of the Ministry of Health, the parties talked about the progress of consideration of the application for the inclusion of "Sputnik V" in the list of medicines approved by WHO for use in emergency situations.

“I highly appreciate Russia's contribution to science,” said Gebreyesus, commenting on the results of the conversation.

I had a constructive call with Mihail Murashko, # Russia's Health Minister, about the # COVID19 response globally & in 🇷🇺, as ​​well as about the Sputnik V vaccine & the @WHO Emergency Use Listing process for vaccines.

I appreciate 🇷🇺's investment in science.

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- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 7, 2021