Day: December 7, 2021

Head of Rospotrebnadzor Popova: there are 24 Russians in hospitals who arrived from South Africa Currently, 24 out of the total number of arrivals are in hospitals from South Africa. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. Many hospitalized patients test positive for COVID-19. There are also Russians who have tested negative, but show symptoms of coronavirus. According to Popova, so far only two cases of the omicron strain have been confirmed. These patients are under medical supervision, she stressed. In addition, in total, there are about 100 people who have arrived from South Africa to Russia in the observatory with suspected coronavirus. Earlier, Popova said that the omicron strain of coronavirus can be brought to Russia from 50 countries. The chief sanitary doctor of Russia noted that the omicron strain is more infectious than the previous options, and recommended that Russians returning

Mayor Sobyanin named the heroes of the deceased guard and policeman in the Moscow MFC MFC “Ryazansky”. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “Real heroes”, – said the mayor. He noted that the deceased security officer Alexei Ruzlev closed the visitors from the killer with his chest, and Senior Lieutenant Georgy Domolaev, alone and without a weapon, managed to detain the criminal. The shooting at the MFC became known earlier on Tuesday, December 7. The attacker was detained, it turned out to be 45-year-old Sergei Glazov. According to preliminary data, he refused to put on a mask and came into conflict with the center guard, and subsequently took out a weapon and started shooting. As a result, two people died, three were injured

Biden told Putin about economic and other measures in case of military escalation in Ukraine US President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about economic and other measures in the event of a military escalation in Ukraine. He said this during the talks between the heads of state, RIA Novosti reports.

Scientists wanted to carry out genotyping of Red Book Saker Falcons in Altai Altai Territory. Thus, Russian ornithologists could save the Red Book predator from complete extinction. This is reported on the official website of Altai State University. Increasing the number of the Saker Falcon in Altai and returning it to its natural environment is the primary goal of all work, since the number of birds is decreasing every year. According to experts, this happens for several reasons: poachers catch predators and resell them to the Middle East for falconry, and Saker Falcons also die due to lack of food and dangerous power lines. As a result, in 2021, ornithologists were able to find only two nests of the rarest bird in the region. The Altai-Falcon University Laboratory proposed a way to restore the number of falcons of this species. According to the director of the Zoological Center IBB AltSU,