"Overcome the consequences of the pandemic": Putin announced the imminent launch of the fourth Russian vaccine against coronavirus

The fourth Russian coronavirus vaccine (Sputnik Light) will soon be launched into civilian circulation.

This was announced by Vladimir Putin during the ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Kremlin. 

“We were able to quickly create three of our own effective vaccines against coronavirus infection.

The fourth will be launched soon.

Vaccination is also gaining momentum, "the president said, stressing that Russia is interested in cooperation with foreign partners in the fight against the pandemic.

“The epidemic has become a real test for such universal human values ​​as solidarity, mutual assistance, humanism,” Putin said.

“Our country provides targeted assistance to more than 60 states on all continents.

We share our experience and help in setting up the production of domestic drugs at foreign enterprises.

By the way, so far no one is doing this, except for Russia.

Together with other countries, we are working to overcome the long-term economic and social consequences of the pandemic, ”the head of state added.

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COVID-19 statistics

Over the past day, 8183 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia,

8,972 people recovered, 364 died from complications caused by COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.

Most of the new episodes of the disease were registered in Moscow (2430), St. Petersburg (772) and the Moscow region (709).

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the diagnosis in the country was confirmed in 4,957,756 people, of which 4,572,226 (92.2%) recovered, 116,575 (2.35%) died.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 134 million tests for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been carried out in the Russian Federation, more than 505 thousand people remain under medical supervision.

The Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov did not rule out the day before that restrictive measures may be strengthened in the city due to the increase in the number of hospitalized due to COVID-19.

“The coronavirus epidemic continues, last week there was an increase in the number of active patients and the number of hospitalizations - almost 30% in a week.

If the trend continues, restrictions may be strengthened at the request of Rospotrebnadzor, "he said on the air of Radio Russia.

Against this background, the Roscongress press service told TASS that preparations for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), scheduled for June 2-5, are continuing as planned.

In turn, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov on the air of the Millet TV channel called the tense epidemiological situation in the region, noting that the region is entering the holiday season with the worst indicators compared to the same period in 2020 (about a hundred cases of the disease are recorded every day).

In this regard, he urged workers in the resort sector to be more attentive to their duties and to pay attention to people who have signs that may indicate the presence of a disease.

The office of the governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug said that in 2021 the expenses of Ugra associated with the COVID-19 pandemic will amount to more than 1.1 billion rubles.

According to the director of the Finance Department - Deputy Governor Vera Dyudina, the funds will be used to support medical organizations, purchase drugs for treating patients on an outpatient basis, payments to doctors and hospital workers.

The Governor of the Vologda Region Oleg Kuvshinnikov said that more than 100 thousand residents of the region were vaccinated against the coronavirus: “Today we have crossed the threshold of 100 thousand vaccinated residents, this is almost 19% of the plan, but we need to vaccinate 60% of the population in order to get a stable collective immunity, and this must be done by the end of August. "

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Returning to the issue of international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced her readiness to provide Turkey with "all the necessary assistance", including in the production of the Sputnik V vaccine.

According to her, only the process of mass immunization of the population will lead to victory over the coronavirus.

In addition, a Russian delegation will be sent to the republic "to assess the situation and the prospects for resuming air traffic."

“The Vice Prime Minister invited Turkish colleagues to join the digital platform“ Traveling without COVID-19 ”in a pilot mode.

The platform was developed in the Eurasian Economic Union and allows, on the basis of information from certified laboratories, to confirm the absence of coronavirus upon receiving a negative PCR test, ”the Deputy Prime Minister's office said.

Recall that Russia for the period from April 15 to June 1 limited the implementation of regular and charter flights with Turkey due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation in this country.

As Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, the republic has overcome the most difficult period, and from June, the mitigation of covid restrictions will begin.

“We know everyone is running out of patience.

Thanks to the measures taken and the lockdown, the pandemic is again under control.

We have overcome the most difficult period and, I hope, we will no longer have to introduce such strict measures.

But it will depend on us - in no case should we neglect measures, ”he said.

If there is an improvement in the epidemiological situation in Turkey, then in India the situation with COVID-19 is still tense - the day before, a daily maximum in the number of deaths was recorded (4329 people).

At the same time, 263.5 thousand new cases of coronavirus were detected in the country.

In total, in India, according to Johns Hopkins University, more than 25.2 million people have been diagnosed.

In terms of this indicator, the United States is the leader in the world (almost 33 million), in third place is Brazil (15.6 million).

In total, about 163.7 million cases of the disease have been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.

More than 3.39 million people have died from complications of COVID-19 worldwide.

The largest number of victims is in the United States (586.4 thousand), Brazil (436.5 thousand) and India (278.7 thousand).