Day: November 21, 2021

Deputy Head of the Gamaleya Center Logunov: COVID-19 will become manageable if there is a medicine In his opinion, it is possible to truly influence the infection only with the availability of drugs, RIA Novosti reports. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Logunov called drugs for COVID-19 a necessary condition for defeating the infection. Only if they are available will the virus become controllable, he believes. “It is possible to truly control the infection, that is, to declare that the infection is controllable, only when we have not only preventive drugs, but also then, when an infectious process occurs in a person … For this part of the population, we, of course, must have a drug, “said the deputy head of the Gamaleya center. Logunov also spoke about the development of two drugs for coronavirus. The first of them is associated with monoclonal antibodies – ex-President of the

Actress Nina Ruslanova died at the age of 75 Russian actress Nina Ruslanova died at the age of 75, according to the Union of Cinematographers. TASS writes about this.

Deputy Head of the Gamaleya Center Logunov: the examination showed the safety of the vaccine for children The N.F. an examination of the safety of a vaccine against coronavirus for children, said the deputy head of the organization Denis Logunov at a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti writes. showed the safety of the substance for the body. As Logunov specified, the report was submitted to the Ministry of Health and the independent data monitoring committee. “There is an entire independent examination of the safety of this vaccine,” the deputy head emphasized. Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya center Alexander Gintsburg said that the concentration of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was reduced five times for the vaccination of adolescents and ten times – for young children. Scientists managed to find a dose of the drug against COVID-19, which will be effective and at the same time safe

An employee of the Phobos center Tishkovets: Central Russia will face frost in the first half of the week Leading employee of the Phobos weather center In a conversation with RIA Novosti, he warned that Russians from Central Russia will face frosty nights in the first half of next week – up to minus 10 degrees. “In Central Russia, the meteorological winter continues to stall, but at the beginning of the coming week will take half a step forward, “Tishkovets said, noting that a snow cyclone of North Atlantic origin centered over the Middle Urals will unfold in its rear section. “Following the cold atmospheric front, the polar air will rush, the wave of which in the next day or two will reach the interfluve of the Volga and Don,” said the forecaster, adding that as a result, the thaw will be replaced by frost and the temperature background will

The head of the British Ministry of Health, Javid ordered to check medical devices for “racial bias” “Racial bias”. An independent examination was appointed after it turned out that the means for measuring the level of oxygen in the blood – oximeters – show less accurate results on people with dark skin, writes The Times. “It's easy to look at the device and assume that it works the same for everyone. But technology is created and developed by humans, so bias, while not deliberate, can also be the cause. Therefore, questions such as who writes the code, how the product is tested and who sits at the board of directors table are crucial, especially when it comes to our health, ”the minister emphasized. Javid added that one of the Equality is at the core of the UK's NHS principles, so even unintentional bias that can lead to poor patient health