Maximum since February: 11,699 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia per day

Over the past day, 11,699 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia.

This is the maximum value since February 24th.

At the same time, 10,096 people fully recovered, 383 died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19, and concomitant diseases.

Over the entire period of observations in the Russian Federation, 5,167,949 cases of coronavirus were detected.

125,278 deaths were recorded, 4,771,995 people recovered.

270,676 cases remain active.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over the entire period of the pandemic, more than 141.5 million laboratory tests for coronavirus were performed, including 368 thousand in the last day.

526 707 people remain under medical supervision.

Most of all new cases of the disease were recorded in Moscow - 5245. St. Petersburg (859) and the Moscow region (801) are also leaders in this indicator.

Meanwhile, the head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, said that the threat of a pandemic still persists, and called for the formation of collective immunity as soon as possible.

“Today we can return to the issues of health care development and the planned agenda, despite the fact that the threat of a pandemic development still persists.

We are faced with the task of accelerating the formation of collective immunity to coronavirus, "TASS quotes the minister as saying at the XXIII All-Russian Conference" State Regulation in the Sphere of Circulation of Medicines and Medical Devices - Pharmaceutical Treatment - 2021 ".

The management of Roszdravnadzor, in turn, notes that as a result of the use of Russian vaccines, a significant number of adverse adverse reactions are not recorded.

“Of course, this indicates that our vaccines, which are now registered in the Russian Federation, are safe and can be recommended for inoculating our patients,” said the head of the department, Anna Samoilova.

Her words are quoted by TASS.

Vaccination of military personnel

The Ministry of Defense said that more than 90% of Russian military personnel and their families were vaccinated against coronavirus.

“We have completed the vaccination by almost 93%, including not only the military, but also their relatives,” the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, quotes TASS.

According to him, this achievement made it possible to prevent critical indicators of morbidity and mortality.

Shoigu noted that employees of all elements of the strategic nuclear forces were vaccinated, including the ground and aviation components, the submarine fleet, as well as all special forces.

The Minister stressed that all the activities of the Ministry of Defense are carried out in compliance with preventive measures against coronavirus.

He also mentioned the construction of medical facilities for the civilian population by the department.

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“Within the framework of rendering assistance to the population by specialists of the military-construction complex, 30 multifunctional medical centers were built in 23 regions in nine months.

They are equipped with the most modern equipment, ”Shoigu said.

Restoring flights

Russia from June 10 officially resumes flights interrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with eight countries.

The operational headquarters for combating coronavirus infection reported on the adoption of the appropriate decision on May 31.

From June 10, carriers will be able to open direct regular flights to Austria, Hungary, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Morocco and Croatia.

Along with this, charter flights with Albania are possible.

Thus, flights Moscow - Vienna (Austria), Moscow - Budapest (Hungary), Moscow - Port Louis (Mauritius), Moscow - Rabat (Morocco) and Moscow - Zagreb (Croatia) will operate twice a week.

One flight per week is limited to the directions Moscow - Beirut (Lebanon), and Moscow - Luxembourg.

The charter service on the route Moscow - Tirana (Albania) will also be carried out once a week.

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To date, international flights from Russia have been resumed to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, India, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Venezuela, Greece, Germany, Singapore, Serbia, Ethiopia, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Egypt, UAE, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Finland, Japan, Maldives, Malta, Cuba, Seychelles.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin suggested that Russian citizens will be able to visit foreign countries more freely from September.

The head of state noted that for this it is necessary to work to increase the level of immunization.

“I think that in September we will reach the level of 60 percent of immunization of the entire population of the Russian Federation, meaning those who, unfortunately, have been ill, including in a mild form, plus vaccinations. - said the president. “After that, it will be possible to talk about wider access to our territory, and that our citizens will also be able to travel more freely to other countries, including European ones.”