Moscow released daily record of coronavirus cases for second day in a row

Moscow has again set a new daily record for coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 9,120 infections, according to data published by the operational center for the fight against the disease COVID-19.

The previous record was notified on Friday, during registration 9.056 new cases in the Russian capital.

In all, 1.28 million Moscow residents have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.

The mayor of the town, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Friday that almost the 90% of Muscovites now diagnosed with the infectious disease have been infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India.

The explosive spike in infections in Moscow led the city council to order on Wednesday the compulsory vaccination of at least 60% of employees in the tertiary sector and tighten other health measures, such as the ban on events in which more than a thousand people participate.

During the last day, 76 people have died from the coronavirus in the capital.

Across the country, number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases reached in past 24 hours 17,906, what does that suppose the highest figure since January 31.

In addition, the number of deaths from the disease in Russia amounted to 466 on the last day, the highest since March 13.

Since the start of the pandemic, 5.29 million people have been infected with the coronavirus in Russia and 128,911 have died.

Besides Moscow, four other entities of the Russian Federation have declared compulsory vaccination for certain categories of citizens in order to fight infections: the region of Moscow, Kemerovo, Sakhalin and Tula.

Until this week, Russian authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, had insisted that voluntary nature of vaccination against COVID-19, but the worsening of the epidemic situation and the reluctance of citizens to vaccinate have led to a review of this approach.

Agree with Gogov.ru, a web page that offers updated and detailed data by region on the number of vaccines administered in the country, To date, 19.56 million people have been vaccinated in Russia, 13.38% of the population.

In Moscow they were vaccinated 1.8 million people or 14.2% of the population.

Sputnik V to offer Delta Variant booster vaccine to other manufacturers

Two days after having ad than your vaccine Sputnik V “is the most effective vaccine against the Delta variant of coronavirus“Russian scientists communicated via a Twitter thread that”#SputnikV will soon offer other manufacturers a suitable booster vaccine to work against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, first detected in India. “

In communication by the Sputnik V official account on the social network, this statement followed with more tweets showing highlights of the pioneering role of the Russian vaccine in the development of new cocktails.

“Sputnik V was the world’s first #COVID vaccine cocktail when it was created by the Gamaleya Center in April 2020. Uses a heterogeneous boost with 2 injections by 2 different adenoviral vectors Ad5 and Ad26 as we explained in this opinion piece published almost a year ago, ”they explained.

“In addition, the vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Center against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2019, even before the epidemic of the new coronavirus, was also a cocktail of vaccines. The heterogeneous boost helped Sputnik V achieve its exceptional effectiveness, confirmed by studies in real conditions. This approach has gained worldwide recognition as a weapon against the mutations of the coronavirus which cause new blockages and postpone victory over COVID ”, estimated the experts at the head of the Gamaleya Center.

And they concluded: “Sputnik V was the first vaccine manufacturer to offer a joint clinical trial of a vaccine cocktail on November 23, 2020. This offer was accepted. Soon after, other developers began to explore this approach. We ask the media to recognize our leadership role. We have always said that vaccine cocktails are the way of the future. We suggest that all vaccine manufacturers use our injection in cocktails against #COVID mutations ”.

(With information from EFE)

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