From Friday, August 27, 2021, Russia will lift restrictions on scheduled and charter flights to the Dominican Republic, South Korea and the Czech Republic.

This decision was made by the headquarters to prevent the import and spread of COVID-19 on the territory of the Russian Federation following the results of the meeting and "taking into account the epidemiological situation in individual countries."

Also, from this day on, the number of regular flights to five states, including Egypt, increases on a reciprocal basis.

“On the routes Moscow - Hurghada, Moscow - Sharm el-Sheikh from 5 to 15 flights per week on each route, from Russian airports, from which international flights have been resumed, to the city of Hurghada and the city of Sharm el-Sheikh with a frequency of one flight to a week on each route, ”the message says.

Let us remind you that since August 9, Russia has resumed flights with Egyptian resorts, which had been interrupted for almost six years.

In addition, the headquarters has increased the number of flights from 4 to 7 per week on the Moscow - Budapest route, and one flight per week to the Hungarian capital will be carried out from a number of other Russian cities.

The number of flights from Moscow to Cypriot Larnaca and Paphos will be increased to 7, and from other Russian cities - to 4 per week.

In addition, there will be 7 flights a week on the routes Moscow - Bishkek and Moscow - Dushanbe and one flight from a number of Russian cities to the capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

In addition, the Russian authorities have once again extended the suspension of flights with Tanzania - it has been in effect since April 15.

"At the same time, the operational headquarters decided to extend until September 2, 2021, inclusive, the current restrictions on air traffic with Tanzania, taking into account the difficult epidemiological situation in this country," the government said.

The operational headquarters also made a recommendation to the citizens of the Russian Federation, urging them to get vaccinated before flying to foreign countries to protect them from COVID-19.

COVID-19 statistics in Russia

Over the past day, 20,765 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia (for the first time since June 29, the daily increase did not exceed 21,000), of which the largest number is in Moscow (1,489), St. Petersburg (1,383) and the Moscow region (1,362) ...

During this time, 15 601 people recovered, 806 patients died.

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the country reached 6,621,601. In total, 5,899,917 patients recovered in Russia, 171,305 people died from complications due to coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over 172.5 million laboratory tests for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been carried out in the country, more than 1.252 million people remain under medical supervision.

The capital's operational headquarters for control and monitoring of the situation with coronavirus reported that 630 people were hospitalized in Moscow per day.

There are 333 people on mechanical ventilation, 54 patients have died.

Recall that mass vaccination against coronavirus began in the country on January 18.

Citizens of Russia can be vaccinated with one of the four vaccines registered in the country: "Sputnik V" and "Sputnik Light" center.

Gamalei, "EpiVacCorona" developed by the Novosibirsk center "Vector" and "KoviVak" by the Chumakov Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

As of August 6, more than 30 million people have been vaccinated with both components of the vaccines in the country.

Full-time academic year

Russia will not introduce compulsory vaccination for the teaching staff of schools and students, the press service of the Ministry of Education said following a working meeting between Minister Sergei Kravtsov and child rights ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.

“Anna Kuznetsova noted that a compulsory approach to the vaccination of students and teachers, when any restrictive measures are introduced against the unvaccinated, is unacceptable.

Sergei Kravtsov supported this position and recalled that measures have been worked out with each region to improve health protection in educational organizations and this issue is under the constant control of the Ministry, ”the message says.

In addition, the head of the Ministry of Education indicated that the upcoming academic year will begin in full-time format.

“It is important for us that the children come to classes, meet with their teachers.

We understand that this event is one of the most important for millions of Russians: schoolchildren, students and their families, for teachers.

So, the distance format for the beginning of the academic year is not expected, ”he explained.

Meanwhile, the State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology "Vector" named the most common side effect after vaccination with "EpiVacCorona" among people over 60 years old.

“The most frequent side effects associated with vaccination with EpiVacCorona were local reactions in the form of short-term pain, the duration of which was two to three days.

Single cases of short-term temperature rise are described, "- the text of the TASS message is quoted.

It is noted that local reactions were noted in 1.3% of people over 60 years old after the first vaccination, in 0.6% - after the second.

At the same time, only 14% of the participants in the I-II phase of clinical trials, in which volunteers aged 18-60 years participated, experienced local side effects.

"Clinical studies and civilian circulation of the vaccine show that EpiVacCorona is an areactogenic (not causing a reaction. -

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) and safe drug," the Vector explained.