In Moscow, work is resumed at a number of urban facilities located in the open air.

In addition, summer verandas can continue to operate without the QR code system until August 1.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated this 

“This decision will support both restaurants and the tourism industry in general, and simply Muscovites who have not yet completed vaccination,” he wrote in his blog.

According to the mayor, in recent days, the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection in Moscow "is gradually stabilizing."

At the same time, he stressed that the number of detected cases and hospitalizations is still very high, but has decreased compared to the peak values.

“The stabilization of the situation with the spread of infection inspires cautious optimism.

However, the danger has not gone anywhere.

The risks of getting infected and getting seriously ill are very high.

It is possible to fight covid only by mass vaccination, ”Sobyanin said, noting that about 100 thousand people are vaccinated in Moscow every day.

Also on russian.rt.com Sobyanin: the situation with coronavirus in Moscow is stabilizing

"Heat and covid are a very bad combination"

In Russia, over the past day, the increase in cases of coronavirus infection amounted to 24,818 people.

Moscow (6040), Moscow region (2581) and St. Petersburg (1937) are the leaders in the number of detected cases.

In total, 5,707,452 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Russian Federation since the beginning of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, in Russia, over the past 24 hours, 21,336 people were discharged, and over the entire period the number of recovered people reached 5,143,255. 734 patients died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases in the last 24 hours, and the total number of deaths reached 140,775.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 153.6 million laboratory tests for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been carried out in the country, including 408 thousand in the last day.

More than 1.014 million people remain under medical supervision.

The head physician of the infectious diseases hospital in Kommunarka Denis Protsenko, on the air of the Solovyov Live YouTube channel, expressed the hope that the next wave of the spread of COVID-19 in Russia could be avoided.

“I hope there will be no next wave, because vaccination will show itself,” he said.

The day before, Tatyana Golikova said that in Russia almost 27 million people were vaccinated with the first component, of which 18.5 million received both vaccine components.

Denis Protsenko also pointed out that the heat can complicate the course of the coronavirus disease, especially in people from risk groups.

“Heat and covid are a very bad combination.

Once again, if a mild course of covid that we can control is not a problem in this case, then complications associated with fever can be fatal and are fatal for older patients.

Therefore, in order to minimize risk factors, you need to be vaccinated, ”he said.

Andrei Tyazhelnikov, chief freelance specialist in primary health care for adults of the Moscow Department of Health, also noted that hot weather aggravates the course of coronavirus infection.

"Therefore, the vaccination should be done as soon as possible, without delay, especially for people at risk - with chronic diseases, the elderly and people with weakened immunity," RIA Novosti quotes him.

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In turn, Doctor of Medical Sciences, biosafety expert Nikolai Durmanov noted that vaccination is a guarantee of protection against the emergence of new super strains of coronavirus.

“The emergence of new mutant forms depends on the number of sick people.

Vaccination prevents the virus from circulating in the population, and the game of nature, which ends in clever viral variants, becomes difficult, ”he said on Sputnik radio.

Recognition of the effectiveness and safety of the Sputnik V vaccine

The Argentine Ministry of Health has confirmed the high safety of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

This was stated by a representative of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

“New data from the Ministry of Health of Argentina confirm the highest safety of the Sputnik V vaccine.

Cases of serious adverse events requiring hospitalization are extremely rare (only 0.0027% of cases), ”he said.

His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

On July 6, the British scientific journal Nature published an article on "Sputnik V", retelling it was published by InoTV.

The material indicates that data from a number of countries confirm the high effectiveness of the Russian vaccine.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of State at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Clement Bon, on the air of the France 2 TV channel, urged the countries of the European Union not to recognize the coronavirus vaccines produced in Russia and China.

According to him, it is necessary that the country should be allowed access to vaccines, "in the effectiveness of which are confident" the French authorities.

At the same time, EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer rejected claims that the issue of recognition of Sputnik V is politicized.

He noted that he met with inspectors from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

“They were well received in the Russian Federation, they did their job.

They drew up reports and presented them to the Russian authorities.

The process is confidential, so you will hear little about the process itself, even from the Russian authorities.

Therefore, I cannot comment either.

The process is underway, this is called the current review, and Sputnik is now subject to it.

I am sure that it will end rationally and impartially, ”the EU diplomat is quoted as saying.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev, in an interview with RT, commented on the statement of the Secretary of State at the French Foreign Ministry, Clement Bona.

“I am deeply convinced that vaccines, like any other medical products, should not have nationality, should not have citizenship, should not have nationality - in the sense that they should be available to the entire international community in the event, of course, confirmation of their effectiveness and the presence of a need for this kind of drugs ... If the issue of certification of these vaccines in certain countries is being delayed, then this delay is definitely due to political, not medical reasons. There is no doubt that the need for this kind of vaccines, regardless of the country of their production, remains at the highest level, including in the countries of the European Union, ”he stressed.