Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had received a second vaccination against coronavirus.
He stated this during a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society.
“I would like to inform you that right now, before entering this room, I also received the second vaccination.
I hope that everything will be fine.
Not even what I hope - I'm sure of that.
And I wish you the same.
I presume that you, taking care of yourself and your loved ones, will do the same, follow my example, ”Putin addressed the meeting participants.
The head of state also expressed the hope that "the pandemic will soon recede, including thanks to the vaccination that we are actively carrying out in the country."
Meanwhile, in the Russian Federation over the past 24 hours, 8326 new cases of coronavirus were detected.
9447 patients were discharged, 399 people died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.
The total number of cases of coronavirus infection recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 4,666,209. 4,291,223 people have recovered, 104,000 have died.
The largest number of COVID-19 cases were registered in Moscow (1837), St. Petersburg (712) and the Moscow region (568).
The press service of Rospotrebnadzor reported that more than 124.4 million laboratory tests were carried out in the Russian Federation for the presence of coronavirus.
More than 503 thousand people remain under medical supervision.
According to the weekly epidemiological bulletin of the World Health Organization, for the period from April 5 to 11, 4,550,837 COVID-19 diseases were recorded in the world, which is 7% more than seven days before.
Thus, for the seventh consecutive week, the global rise in the incidence of coronavirus continues.
At the same time, 76,773 deaths were registered over the past week.
At the moment, over 137 million cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in the world.
This is evidenced by statistics provided by the American Johns Hopkins University.
The largest numbers are in the United States (over 31.3 million), India (13.9 million) and Brazil (13.6 million).
At the same time, more than 2.9 million people worldwide died from complications associated with coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases, including 563 thousand in the United States, 358 thousand in Brazil, 210 thousand in Mexico, 172 thousand. - in India.
In addition, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published the results of a study conducted by doctors from the United States.
Experts analyzed the course of the COVID-19 disease in more than 48 thousand patients, after which they stated that a low level of physical activity two and a half times increased the risk of death from coronavirus.
At the same time, it is noted that a sedentary lifestyle is a much more serious risk factor than smoking, obesity, diabetes and hypertension.
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Flights with Turkey
Turkey does not regard Russia's decision to restrict air traffic with the republic as political.
This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“In Ankara, they do not see political motives in the decision of the Russian authorities to suspend flights with Turkey,” the Anadolu agency quotes the text of the statement.
The Turkish minister also pointed to the ongoing work aimed at lifting restrictions on flights between the countries.
As a reminder, Moscow has decided to limit regular and charter flights with Turkey for the period from April 15 to June 1.
This measure was taken due to the worsening epidemiological situation in the Republic of Turkey.
So, over the past day, 59,187 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the country.
According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry, at the moment there are about 30 thousand tourists from Russia in Turkey.
At the same time, the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF), together with Rosturizm, launched a hotline for consultation on the situation with flight restrictions.
We add that Russia is also suspending flights with Tanzania.
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The press service of the Argentine government announced a study by local scientists of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.
It is noted that an injection with just one component of the drug causes a strong immune response in those who have had a coronavirus infection.
"Analysis of the immune response to the Sputnik V vaccine, which was attended by 288 people, showed that 94% of them showed the presence of antibodies after receiving only one dose," - said in the message.
According to the analysis, the number of antibodies previously ill with COVID-19 and vaccinated with one dose of the vaccine is 4.6 times higher than that of those who did not get coronavirus who received a full course of vaccination.
In addition, Chinese companies Abogen Biosciences and Walvax Biotechnology have partnered with the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Academy of Military Sciences to develop the country's first COVID-19 vaccine based on matrix ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology.
In the West, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were created using this technology.
According to the South China Morning Post, the third phase of clinical trials of a Chinese vaccine dubbed ARCoV will begin in May.
In turn, former US President Donald Trump criticized the decision of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to postpone the introduction of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine into circulation in Europe.
In his opinion, the Joe Biden administration "badly let down" citizens from all over the world.
“The results of this vaccine are exceptional, but now its reputation will face challenges all the time.
People who have already received this vaccine will be angry.
Perhaps it was all done for the sake of politics, or because of the FDA's love for Pfizer, "- said in a statement by the former head of the White House.