The head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, urged Russians to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and not wait for the third wave of the pandemic.
“We are often asked about the risk of a third wave.
I think this question is absurd: no need to wait - you need to prevent it, "maybe" in this situation will not work, "he said on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel.
Recall that on January 18, mass vaccination against coronavirus infection began in Russia.
On May 12, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that more than 24 million people had already passed various stages of vaccination in the country, and drew attention to the importance of the vaccination campaign in the fight against the pandemic.
“We need to form collective immunity by the end of the year,” Mishustin said.
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Four vaccines against COVID-19 are currently registered in Russia.
In August 2020, Russia was the first in the world to register Sputnik V, a drug developed by specialists from the Gamaleya Center.
Later, two more Russian vaccines were registered - "EpiVacCorona" by the "Vector" center and "KoviVac" by the Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Preparations named after M.P.
Chumakov RAS.
In addition, a single-component vaccine "Sputnik Light" was registered in Russia on May 6.
As President Vladimir Putin noted, Russian drugs for COVID-19 are based on well-known technologies that have been used for decades.
“They are very modern and today, without any doubt, are the most reliable and safest,” he said.
On the eve of the Russian Direct Investment Fund announced that the Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" was registered in Ecuador.
The RDIF clarified that the registration was carried out as part of an accelerated procedure.
“Thus, Sputnik V is registered in 66 countries with a total population of over 3.2 billion people,” the fund said.
The head of RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, recalled that a number of other South American states are already successfully using the Russian vaccine.
“The regulatory approval of Sputnik V in Ecuador is an important step in protecting the population with one of the best vaccines in the world that has demonstrated high efficacy and safety in clinical trials and mass vaccinations,” he added.
The fund noted that Sputnik V ranks second in the world in terms of the number of approvals received by state regulators.
In addition, RDIF announced the registration of a single-component vaccine Sputnik Light in Venezuela.
“The approval for the Sputnik Light vaccine follows the approval of the Sputnik V two-component vaccine, which is already being used successfully in Venezuela to protect human health.
Sputnik Light will help speed up the vaccination process and prevent the spread of coronavirus, ”Dmitriev explained.
The RDIF stressed that the efficiency of Sputnik V is 97.6%.
This result was obtained by analyzing data on the incidence of coronavirus among Russians vaccinated with both components of the drug in the period from December 5, 2020 to March 31, 2021.
At the same time, the effectiveness of "Sputnik Light" is 79.4%, which exceeds the effectiveness of many vaccines requiring two injections, concluded in the fund.
Over the past day, 8,554 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the country, most of them in Moscow (2,789) and St. Petersburg (767).
Over the past 24 hours, 8,573 people have recovered in Russia, 391 patients have died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.
The total number of cases of coronavirus registered in Russia reached 4,940,245, 115,871 people have died since the start of the pandemic, 4,556,073 patients have recovered from the disease.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 133.5 million
laboratory tests for the presence
COVID-19, of which 374 thousand - in the last 24 hours.
According to the capital's operational headquarters for control and monitoring of the situation with coronavirus, 1,117 people were hospitalized in Moscow per day.
“Another 2,414 patients have recovered in the capital after undergoing treatment for coronavirus infection.
The total number of people who have recovered from the infection has increased to 1,025,794, ”the headquarters said.