Day: November 8, 2021

Dmitry Peskov: it is too early to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of non-working days in the fight against COVID-19 coronavirus is too early to do. This is how the Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov assessed the past long weekend, TASS reports his words. The Kremlin spokesman noted that conclusions about non-working days in Russia could be drawn no earlier than in a week. < p> This opinion is shared by the epidemiologist, candidate of medical sciences Alexander Vygonaylov. According to him, any assessment of the lockdown in Russia can be given using the data on the incidence of the headquarters, which will appear next week. The long weekend ended in Moscow and the Moscow region. The authorities said that the decision not to extend them is due to the stabilization of the epidemiological situation with the coronavirus in the region. In a number of other Russian regions, the non-working

Kommersant: the Russian company Valenta Pharm produces the drug innoviron against COVID-19 innovation, the developer of the drug was Valenta Pharm, Kommersant reports. Experts conducted the second phase of drug testing back in June. At the end of October this year, documents were sent to register the development. Valenta Pharm had previously attempted to create a drug against coronavirus. According to Kommersant's information, Ingavirin was tested, but the results were not so successful. Last week, Britain announced the registration of the world's first COVID-19 drug – molnupiravir from Merck. In addition, Pfizer announced its own development – poxlavir. These drugs act on coronavirus enzymes, blocking them. Earlier, virologist Sergei Netesov said that acute respiratory viral infections and COVID-19 do not differ between symptoms, the disease can only be clarified through testing.

Gunzburg: the level of 500 neutralizing antibody units is ideal for protection against COVID-19 The head of the Gamalea Center Alexander Gunzburg revealed the level of antibodies, sufficient to protect against coronavirus. He told about this in an interview with Izvestia. Gunzburg noted that, according to a study by the Gamaleya Center, conducted jointly with the Moscow Department of Health, 300 antibodies in international units fully protect against the delta strain COVID-19. According to him, if a person has less, then he should be vaccinated with Sputnik Light. The head of the center also added that if after vaccination with “Light” the patient has only 350-400 antibodies, then it is worth being vaccinated with the second component of “Sputnik V”. “If you have 500 units or more, then this is ideal for protection against infection with COVID-19,” he summed up. It is noted that recently the World Health Organization (WHO)

Pakistani military opened fire on an Indian fishing vessel, there is a deceased The Pakistani Maritime Security Agency fired at an Indian fishing vessel. This was reported by the NDTV channel. The incident occurred in the Arabian Sea. There were seven fishermen on board. As a result of indiscriminate shooting, one person hid in a cabin, but received three bullets in the chest and died. The ship's captain was wounded and taken to a hospital in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Indian side claims that the fishermen were outside the 12-mile economic zone of the countries and did not provoke the Pakistani military. In February, Pakistan admitted that it is holding 270 fishermen with Indian citizenship in prisons. In India, 77 Pakistani fishermen were arrested. In December 2019, the nuclear powers Pakistan and India fired on the border area in the disputed Kashmir. Two Pakistanis and two Indians, including

Ambassador Zhirnov: Russia will take Afghan citizens with a Russian passport from Kabul on a special flight Russia will send a special flight to Kabul, from there Afghanistan with a Russian passport. This was announced by the Russian Ambassador to the country Dmitry Zhirnov on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel, RIA Novosti reports. As Zhirnov said, humanitarian aid, including food and flour, will be delivered to Afghanistan on a special flight. “With the same special flights in November, we will take out Afghan citizens who have Russian citizenship,” he added. The next flights from Kabul will deliver students who are enrolled in Russian universities under special quotas and internships. “They simply do not have money for tickets, and training must continue,” Zhirnov said. According to him, representatives of the radical Taliban movement ( banned in the Russian Federation ) support this. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov