Day: November 18, 2021

Immunologist Kryuchkov: by the end of the year in Russia, mortality from COVID-19 will exceed a million By the end of 2021, excess mortality from coronavirus will exceed human. Such a forecast was put forward by an immunologist, Ph.D. Nikolay Kryuchkov in an interview with URA.RU. “It is already guaranteed that by the end of December 2021, the excess mortality from COVID-19 in Russia will be more than one million people, if you count from April 2020, “the specialist said, noting that according to the last census, 146 million citizens live in Russia. In turn, the allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok said that such numbers were not recorded for the whole history of pandemics in Russia, among which were plague, smallpox, Russian flu and typhus. He also compared coronavirus with tuberculosis, from which more than a million people have died over 100 years of observation in Russia. “If we talk about mortality

Elon Musk said that the Starship system could go into orbit in January 2022 the reusable Starship transport system, considered the world's largest rocket. This is reported by Spaceflight Now. The publication writes that the Starship system may go into orbit in January 2022. This will happen if SpaceX manages to complete the construction of the corresponding launch pad in Texas, carry out the necessary tests of the rocket and obtain permission to launch from the US Federal Aviation Administration. “We have completed the first orbital accelerator and the first orbital ship, and we we'll finish with the launch pad and launch tower at the end of this month, and then we'll do some tests in December and hopefully launch [the booster-ship bundle] in January, ”Musk said. According to him Starship's first orbital launch “is very risky, so it is unlikely to be successful.” “I think we’ll make a lot

A seventh grader in the Krasnodar Territory tried to commit suicide due to sleep for a bad dream, which he saw after talking with his father via video link, according to the Telegram channel Kub Mash. The boy was saved by a physical education teacher. The man burst into the office and took away a bottle of kerosene and a kitchen knife from the seventh grader. He later answered a teenager to a school psychologist. In a conversation with him, the boy explained that his mother had kicked his adoptive father out of the house, and later he had a nightmare. Earlier, at school no. 691 St. Petersburg, a student stabbed a classmate with a knife during a lesson. The injured 15-year-old was hospitalized at the Rauchfus Children's City Multidisciplinary Clinical Center for High Medical Technologies with a non-penetrating wound.

Doctor Ivleva called the allergy a reason for receiving a permanent medication … This reason for the medical withdrawal was named by the doctor Maria Ivleva, according to Argumenty i Fakty. The medic clarified that allergic reactions during any previous vaccinations can also cause a permanent medical withdrawal. A temperature above 40 after vaccination is also a contraindication to the introduction of the second dose of the vaccine, she emphasized. “A doctor can initiate an immunological medical commission and draw up a permanent medical withdrawal,” Ivleva said. She added that the medical challenge has its own registration number in the institution in which the decision on the contraindication was made. This number is indicated in the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, she explained. Earlier it was reported that healthcare workers in Russia will have to enter information about people with contraindications to COVID-19 vaccination in a special database. According to the associate

Actor Tom Holland spoke about romance with Spider-Man co-star Zendaya British actor Tom Holland confirmed rumors that that he's dating his Marvel Spider-Man co-star Zendaya. He told about this in an interview for GQ magazine. The 25-year-old artist admitted that world fame influenced him and his beloved. He stressed that because of the joint photos of the star couple leaked on the Internet, their private life has lost its privacy. “One of the disadvantages of fame is that privacy no longer depends on us, and a special moment that, what do you think happens between two people who love each other very much, now you have to share with the whole world. I have always been convinced that personal life should remain personal, because the world already knows so much about me. We felt like our privacy had been stolen from us, ”Holland said, adding that he sometimes has nightmares

The US President ordered an investigation into the actions of oil companies due to the rise in gasoline prices US President Joe Biden suspected oil and gas companies of illegal actions and collusion over high gasoline prices. He instructed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate, writes The Wall Street Journal.

Head of Rostourism: Abkhazia must take control of the safety of tourists She stated this at a meeting with the Minister of Tourism of the republic, Teimuraz Khishba, RIA Novosti reports. So, the head of the department asked the republic's authorities to investigate the incident with the shooting on vacationers from Russia in the city of Pitsunda. The press service of the department indicated that the travelers were not provided compensation for the damage caused. “We know that the leadership of Abkhazia is doing a lot to create the most favorable conditions for the rest of Russian tourists,” Doguzova emphasized and added that the issues of ensuring the safety of vacationers should be under special control. In addition, following the meeting, the parties signed a memorandum that fixes agreements on the development of Russian-Abkhaz relations in the field of tourism. Earlier, on June 15, two Russian tourists were injured when

Lawyer Dobrovinsky: New Ukrainian sanctions demonstrate the ignorance of the republic's authorities … This was stated in an interview with “Lenta.ru” by the lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky. He commented on the introduction of new sanctions and suspected the Ukrainian leadership of “idiocy.” In his opinion, in the future, Kiev's measures may affect even deceased people. “I would not be surprised if they soon adopt a law according to which the ancestors of the citizens of the Russian Federation who did not oppose the annexation of Crimea will be exhumed … For example, I have a lot of ancestors buried in Odessa, and I am very afraid that such idiocy may come to such an extent, “Dobrovinsky suggested. On November 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky introduced sanctions against 28 employees of the Russian special services. The corresponding package of restrictions was adopted by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of

The doctors said that the ex-president of Georgia Saakashvili could fall into a coma in the prison hospital Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, said that there is a threat that he will fall into a coma. This is reported by the Novosti-Georgia portal. The doctors stated that the prison hospital does not meet the conditions necessary for the treatment of Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 48 days. The doctors say that the politician is in critical condition. He was diagnosed with Wernicke's encephalopathy, progressive hypokalemia, anemia, thalassemia and the likelihood of gastric bleeding. Doctors believe that in the near future all this may end in status epilepticus or coma. If the hunger strike ends, there is a high likelihood of developing life-threatening metabolic disorders. Mikhail Saakashvili was arrested on October 1 after returning to Georgia after eight years of emigration to take part in the protests. Earlier,