US Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Mandatory Vaccination Decree

The court ruled that & nbsp; when the Biden administration obliged the OSHA millions of Americans, she exceeded the authority of this department. OSHA should regulate safety issues in the & nbsp; workplace, at & nbsp; then & nbsp; times like COVID-19 & nbsp; & mdash; this is a universal threat, the panel of judges ruled. The decree of the American president was blocked by the forces of the conservative majority: six Republican judges voted against. Three Democrats also supported Joe Biden's initiative. While & nbsp; this, the US Supreme Court did not & nbsp; objected to mandatory vaccination and & nbsp; PCR testing for & nbsp; healthcare workers receiving funding under & nbsp; federal Medicare and & nbsp; Medicaid programs. Previously, this category of medical workers was required to get vaccinated against coronavirus infection only in & nbsp; half of the states. The burden of responsibility for making workplaces

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 12 per day%

Regions are leaders in the number of new cases: Moscow – 5712 (2,075,669 since the beginning of the pandemic), Saint Petersburg — 2708 (873,234), Moscow Region – 1990 (657,855), Nizhny Novgorod region — 743 (235 274), Sverdlovsk region — 536 (204,438). Per day in 739 patients died in Russia, which is one less than yesterday (740). The total number of deaths reached 319,911. 24,952 people recovered during the day, a total of 9,809,300. The regions have begun preparations for the meeting of the omicron strain of coronavirus. As Kommersant found out, up to 2 thousand new cases of coronavirus are expected in the Volgograd region per day and up to 400 patients in intensive care at the same time. Saratov officials expect that the number of cases will be five to six times more than at the peak of the spread of the delta strain. In Buryatia, citizens arriving from abroad

Bill on QR codes in public places to be removed from consideration

According to & nbsp; he said he & nbsp; needs & nbsp; revision. The document was brought in on November 12 & nbsp; of the year. According to the original concept, Russians were required to present electronic certificates with & nbsp; QR codes about & nbsp; vaccinations in & nbsp; public places, and & nbsp; also in & nbsp; trains and & nbsp; airplanes. Subsequently, the idea of ​​checks on the & nbsp; transport was abandoned. The & nbsp; early edition also said that & nbsp; after February 1 & nbsp; only holders of a medical tap will be able to pass the & nbsp; PCR test. These measures were limited to June 1, 2022. In & nbsp; in mid-December, State Duma deputies approved the initiative in the & nbsp; first reading, after which it was & nbsp; re-sent to the & nbsp; regions, the Federation Council and & nbsp;

Circumcision of the Lord: traditions, history and meaning of the Christian holiday

Despite the fact that The circumcision of the Lord does not belong to the twelve – the most important – holidays, Orthodox believers attach great importance to it. TASS tells about the event, its historical role and what secret meanings are hidden in it for Christians. The history of the holiday The ancient Jews were supposed to circumcise boys on the eighth day of life as a sign of the union of God with the righteous Abraham and his descendants. It, in fact, replaced the modern rite of baptism at that time and made the child “God’s” and not a pagan. Being the son of a Jewish woman, Christ also had to be circumcised. During the ceremony, the child was named Jesus, which meant Savior. This is stated in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:21): “After eight days, when it was necessary to circumcise the Baby, they gave Him the name

The infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Health called the measurement of antibodies to COVID an empty occupation

The decision to vaccinate based on the measurement of antibodies has no scientific basis, it is an empty exercise, said Vladimir Chulanov, chief freelance specialist in infectious diseases, in an interview with RBC. Earlier, the head of the Gamalei Center, Academician Alexander Ginzburg and his deputy, one of the creators of the Sputnik V vaccine, Denis Logunov, said that the level of antibodies equal to 300 international units (Bau/ml) fully protects against the delta strain of coronavirus. The developers of the vaccine came to this conclusion after a study in which 4 thousand Muscovites participated. Ginzburg explained that people with such a level of antibodies can be “practically unlimited.” Logunov also noted that the level of 300 Bau/ml can be considered sufficient for protection, but to date there is no fixed level of antibodies that could protect against COVID infection with a guarantee. At the same time, the World Health

From February 1, one of the largest indexations of social payments will be carried out: Who will get a raise

Indexation of social benefits is done annually. Usually, the amount of the increase is directly related to inflation. From February 1, 2022, the following payments will be indexed: federal maternity capital, child benefits assigned in accordance with Federal Law No. 81 “On State benefits to citizens with children” (in particular, a one-time allowance in connection with the birth of a child and monthly allowances for a child up to one and a half years), one-time cash payments to disabled people. This was told by the leading lawyer of the “European Legal Service” Svetlana Goldenkova. New pension bonuses: Lawyer told what pensioners should not pay for in 2022 According to her, from February 1, in addition, compensation for the refusal of a set of social services, a one-time burial allowance, payments to citizens exposed to radiation will be increased. Among them are victims of the Chernobyl disaster, from nuclear tests at

Government Decides to Postpone Consideration of Bill on QR Codes

“Government together with & nbsp; party & ldquo; United Russia & rdquo; in the & nbsp; conditions of high uncertainty in the development of the epidemiological situation, we worked out a joint decision on & nbsp; expediency to postpone consideration of the bill in & nbsp; second reading & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Golikova told reporters. According to & nbsp; she said, the bill was being prepared as a response to & nbsp; the spread of the delta coronavirus strain, and & nbsp; “ now these will be new challenges. ''

Regions are preparing for the arrival of a more contagious strain of coronavirus

In Russia, 698 cases of infection with the omicron strain were officially confirmed on Thursday. In Rospotrebnadzor, Kommersant reported that so far the main distribution centers have been identified in the Moscow region. At the same time, given the situation in European countries and the United States, where in just a few weeks omicron supplanted delta and led to a multiple increase in morbidity rates, Rospotrebnadzor does not exclude an “unfavorable variant of the epidemiological forecast”, in which the number of infections per day may increase to six figures. So far, isolated cases of omicron are detected daily in the regions of Russia. InThe Irkutsk region strain was confirmed in two children from different families. Children, the local Ministry of Health said, are ill in a mild form, adults who have contacted them are examined. InIn the Astrakhan region, infection with the omicron strain has also been confirmed in two

Nazarbayev’s daughter suddenly deleted social media accounts due to geolocation

Facebook Instagrammers now see messages when they try to access her Instagram and Facebook pages: “The owner may have deleted the content or restricted access to it” and “You may have used an invalid link or the page has been deleted.” This happened shortly after Aliya was the first member of her family to comment on the riots in Kazakhstan. However, users noticed that Instagram automatically identified her geolocation as the UAE. Nazarbayeva’s account on Meta’s social networks has been verified, which means that the page really belonged to her. Earlier, The Sunday Telegraph reported that Aliya Nazarbayev was taken out of Kazakhstan $ 300 million, having bought real estate in London, Dubai and a private jet with them in 2006. The impressive expenses became known after a conflict occurred between a relative of the politician and her financial advisers. Mass protests in Kazakhstan broke out on January 2 due to