Over the past day, 40,735 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Russia.

28 605 people fully recovered, 1192 died.

In total, 8,714,595 cases of coronavirus in 85 regions have been detected in the country since the start of the pandemic.

Over the entire observation period, 7,505,971 people recovered, 244,447 deaths were recorded.

During the day, 6407 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Moscow, 3363 in St. Petersburg, and 2835 in the Moscow region.

According to the operational headquarters for November 5, 60,004,358 people were vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine in Russia.

57,256,745 people underwent full-cycle vaccination.

The herd immunity rate is 48%.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the situation with the spread of coronavirus in the capital has stabilized.

“Based on the dynamics of diseases and hospitalizations, we see that the situation has now more or less stabilized.

Today, the detection rate fluctuates somewhere around 6 thousand daily, and reached 8 thousand, "Sobyanin said in an interview with the Russia 1 TV channel.

According to him, the full effect of the introduction of non-working days will be visible at the end of next week, when Muscovites return to work.

The mayor noted that non-working days were not an easy measure, but the decision paid off, as it helped to break the chains of communication.

Note that on November 3, Sobyanin said that the period of non-working days in the capital would not be extended.

According to him, from November 8, the city will return to its usual regime with partial restrictions.

The press service of the mayor and the government of Moscow also reported that the rate of vaccination against coronavirus in Moscow has more than quadrupled since the beginning of October.

In particular, at the beginning of October 5 thousand people were vaccinated per day, but now this figure has grown to about 23 thousand people.

About 4.5 million people are fully vaccinated in Moscow.

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Experts, meanwhile, believe that the risk of contracting coronavirus from people vaccinated against COVID-19 is very small.

In particular, this point of view was expressed by the deputy director of the FBUN MNIIEM named after I.

G.N.

Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Tatyana Ruzhentsova.

“Ill patients who have been previously vaccinated can shed the virus and transmit it, but the vaccinated have much shorter amounts of the pathogen and the time it takes to excrete it than the unvaccinated.

Therefore, the risk of getting infected from a vaccinated person is much less, "RIA Novosti quotes her as saying.

Reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

The Russian Armed Forces have formed a reserve of forces and means of the military medical service to provide assistance to patients with coronavirus in the regions of the country, the Defense Ministry said.

The reserve has formed nine special-purpose medical teams, nine mobile hospitals and 100 medical and nursing teams.

The department clarified that "many of them are already involved in providing medical care to civilian patients with coronavirus in different regions of Russia."

The Ministry of Defense said that the medical and nursing teams include military personnel who have experience in diagnosing and treating patients with COVID-19, including resuscitators, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists and other specialized specialists.

"In addition, more than 2.8 thousand beds have been deployed in the medical institutions of the Ministry of Defense for the treatment of patients with coronavirus infection, 50% of the departmental bed fund has been allocated for the treatment of civilian patients," the department said.

It is reported that "since the beginning of the pandemic, almost 10 thousand civilian patients with COVID-19 have already been treated in hospital-built multifunctional medical centers built by the Ministry of Defense."

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"The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to provide medical assistance to the civilian population of the country's regions in the fight against coronavirus infection on behalf of the President of Russia," the Defense Ministry added.

Renewal of the incentive program

The government of the Russian Federation announced the extension of the program of incentives for vaccinated Russians, within the framework of which a prize of 100 thousand rubles is raffled off.

In the message of the Cabinet of Ministers, it is noted that the drawing of cash prizes started on September 1 and according to the previous rules should have ended on December 1, but now the deadline has been extended until December 31.

“The program of incentives for citizens who have been vaccinated against coronavirus infection will be extended until the end of the year.

Thanks to two additional draws, the number of winners who will receive 100 thousand rubles each will increase to 2 thousand people, ”the message says.