A vaccine from China for Russia

Kremlin today

Shenzhen Yuanxing Gene-tech will produce 60 million doses of Sputnik V vaccines for Russia. This will contribute to the vaccination of more than 30 million Russians.

«The Sputnik V» vaccine is officially registered in 57 countries and is actively used by doctors for mandatory and voluntary types of vaccinations.

“The partnership with Shenzhen Yuanxing Gene-tech will expand opportunities for the production of additional volumes of the Russian vaccine, the demand for which is increasing around the world”?— says Kirill Medvedev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

SVR on discrediting the Russian vaccine from the European Union

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Ivanov, said that the bureaucratic circles in Europe don’t want to put up with the situation when Russia, using its achievements in the fight against infection, seeks to help other countries. 

European Commissioner for Internal Market Affairs Thierry Breton said that Europe won’t need the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus «Sputnik V»:

“We absolutely don’t need «Sputnik V». We drew attention to the public arguments of a number of representatives of the European Commission, including the European Commissioner for Internal Market Affairs Thierry Breton, about the lack of need for centralized purchases by the European Union of the Russian drug Sputnik V,” — says the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. Also, Maria Zakharova considers this statement by the European Union to be a politicized move.

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The probability of a third wave of Coronavirus in Russia

Epidemiologist Vadim Pokrovsky said that the third wave in Russia is not expected. According to his words, due to the number of people, who have recovered from the coronavirus and the number of people, who have made the vaccine, the “immune layer”is growing. In early March, it was said that 40% of the population of Moscow is immune to the coronavirus. Pokrovsky doesn’t rule out that  this number will increase to 60% by May.  

Easing the requirements for covid tests

Rospotrebnadzor announced the easing of requirements to ensure a minimum level of coverage of the population with testing for coronavirus infection. Also, now will include the results of tests done not only by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and all that determine pathogen infection COVID-19.

“To provide coverage of laboratory tests to identify the causative agent of COVID-19 and at least 200 studies on 100 thousand population (average over seven calendar days) of any of the methods determining the genetic material or the antigen of the pathogen, using diagnostic products and test systems, was in accordance in the legislation of Russia”, — said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.

Over the past 7 days, the average number of Russians who are sick is 8,813 people. At the moment, more than 5 million people have been vaccinated against coronavirus infection in Russia. 

In total, during the entire period of the ongoing pandemic in Russia, about 4.2 million people were ill, and about 4.1 million people were recovered.

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