Day: December 4, 2021

Political scientist Vakarov: the Ukrainian authorities are pursuing a triple and absolutely immoral policy said that in order to pass the heating season, the Kiev authorities need to buy coal from Donetsk and Lugansk, discarding their negative statements about them. He stressed that Ukraine, for example, sells water to Luhansk, receives money for it and does not see any problem in this. “So why can't we buy electricity? And everything is simple: because it will be fun. This is our, unfortunately, a dual or even triple and absolutely immoral policy, where on the one hand we can sell water, because water goes through Luhansk-Donetsk to Mariupol, and on the other hand we cannot buy coal. And from a third party, we buy the same coal, but according to gray schemes: through Turkey, through Poland, “the expert said. In addition, he noted that such things in the country are politicized, and

Het Nieuwsblad: two hippos at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium have been diagnosed with coronavirus Two hippos at the Antwerp Zoo have been diagnosed with a coronavirus at the Antwerp Zoo. This was reported by the newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. The animals named Imani and Hermien developed a runny nose, after which the veterinarians took tests from them. It is not yet clear why the hippos got sick, the zoo followed strict sanitary measures, the employees were not infected. “As far as I know, this is the first case with this species. All over the world, this virus is mainly registered in apes and felines, “said a veterinarian who took samples from hippos. Currently, the animals are doing well, but are isolated. In addition to masks and shoe disinfection, employees wear safety goggles, avoid contact with other animals, and take a rapid test daily. Until a negative result for coronavirus, the

“RG”: the head of TsRNAP Shapkin predicted a deficit, an increase in alcohol prices from January 1, 2022 Chairman of the National Union for the Protection of Consumer Rights, Head The Center for the Development of National Alcohol Policy (TsRNAP) Pavel Shapkin said that Rosstandart will introduce new GOST standards for alcoholic beverages from January 1, 2022. In particular, new labeling will appear on the products, which will cause a shortage of goods on the market, Rossiyskaya Gazeta (RG) writes. Shapkin explained that unsold goods with the old counter-label will need to be equipped with an additional sticker indicating the new data. The head of the CRNAP predicted that such a situation would at least lead to a sharp rise in the price of alcohol and even to its deficit. He warned Russians that before the New Year, manufacturers may not have time to re-stick the counter-labels, and retail chains

Queen Mary University of London biologists: people with allergies get COVID-19 less often People with allergies, including asthma and fever eczema, have up to 40 percent less risk of contracting coronavirus, the results of the study were published in the journal Thorax. Biologists from Queen Mary University of London studied data from 16,000 British adults from May 2020 to February 2021. Volunteers were asked to disclose information about their lifestyle – nutrition, rest, work, physical data such as weight, height, various diseases. During the study, COVID-19 was detected in three percent of people – 446 people. A detailed analysis of the data revealed a defense mechanism: patients with atopic diseases, such as eczema and dermatitis caused by allergens, as well as hay fever or rhinitis 23 percent lower had a risk of contracting coronavirus. In addition, asthma patients are 38 less likely to contract coronavirus, even when using steroid inhalers.