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Research into a childhood vaccine against COVID-19 will begin after the approval of the drug for adolescents spoke about the possible timing of the study of the vaccine against COVID-19 for children 6-11 years old on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, the package of documents for the study of a children's vaccine will be submitted after the approval of the drug for teenagers. As explained by Gunzburg, the vaccine for children will consist of “Sputnik V” diluted in a certain number of times. After the studies of the teenage vaccine are approved, it will be able to go into civilian circulation. It will be used both with the full consent of the child and his parents, added the director of the Gamaleya center. Earlier, Alexander Gintsburg called the condition for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation with coronavirus infection

Rostelecom users reported problems with access to the network Rostelecom crashed. This was indicated by users of the Downdetector portal. The peak of complaints was at 20:15 Moscow time. Most of the reports (71 percent) were about fixed internet problems. 18 percent reported no signal, 11 percent were unable to access the network using mobile devices. Most of the users in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi complained about the failure.

Scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick have discovered a white dwarf rotating at record speed in their opinion, it is the fastest rotating white dwarf discovered so far. This object makes a complete revolution in a record 25 seconds. The discovery is reported in a press release on Phys.org. Scientists have established the rotation period of a star for the first time, confirming that this is an extremely rare example of a system with a “magnetic propeller”: a white dwarf pulls gas plasma from a nearby star companion and throws it into space at a speed of about three thousand kilometers per second. It is the second magnetic propeller discovered in more than 70 years. The star, named LAMOST J024048.51 + 195226.9 (J0240 + 1952), is the size of Earth, but 200,000 times more massive. The plasma it pulls from its companion has in the past hit the

Ronaldo, Messi and 9 other players are nominated for the FIFA Football Player of the Year award the title of the best player at the end of 2021. This was reported on the organization's website. According to her version, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski, Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo, PSG attacking football player Lionel Messi, two more were in the top 11 candidates for the prize his team-mates, Neymar and Kilian Mbappe, and Liverpool forward Mohammed Salah. Voting for the best player of the year starts on Monday 22 November and runs until 10 December. The winner will be announced at an online ceremony on January 17 next year. Lewandowski received the award for 2020. The second and third places in the voting were taken by Ronaldo and Messi, respectively.

Bloomberg: US President Biden May Announce Oil Interventions November 23 and use its own strategic oil reserves to lower prices in global markets, writes Bloomberg. According to the newspaper, the start of oil interventions in coordination with other countries may be announced on November 23. In the United States, the reserves of the national strategic reserve created in 1973 after the global energy crisis will be used for this.

MAIN: copayments for COVID-19 patients helped doctors get housing Against the background of higher salaries, medical workers began to take out mortgages more often, Ridus reports. The share of doctors among those who took out loans for housing in Moscow in 2021 increased to 11.2 percent – by three percent compared to last year … The head of the International Academy of Mortgage and Real Estate (MAIN) Irina Radchenko explained that doctors in 2020 began to receive co-payments for patients with COVID-19 – for some, income increased by 20 percent, and this helped them acquire housing. “Banks assess solvency, so for them now doctors are priority clients,” the expert noted. According to Radchenko's forecasts, the trend will continue in 2022, and a new record will be recorded for the number of doctors who have taken out a mortgage. However, as noted in the MAIN, there are no special loan programs

The sister-in-law came to the marriage ceremony of her brother in a white outfit without permission The groom's sister, without an invitation, appeared at the wedding ceremony in a white outfit and removed from myself. The corresponding post appeared on Reddit. An anonymous friend of the bride explained that a relative of the groom showed her lovers a dress she bought for a wedding. Seeing the white outfit, the couple got angry and explained to her that it was inappropriate because its style was too similar to a wedding one. The sister-in-law was offended and said that she would stop communicating with her brother forever if he marries his beloved. In response, the groom withdrew his invitation and did not allow his sister to come to the holiday. However, despite the ban, she came to the ceremony in a white outfit. The bridesmaid also attached a frame to the post,

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation: suspected of fraud in the implementation of contracts of the Green Chemistry Center FSB officers uncovered multimillion-dollar embezzlements during the implementation of the project (IC) “Green chemistry” in one of the universities of Tver, four suspects were detained. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). Based on the materials of the special services, a criminal case has been initiated on a particularly large fraud, the damage from the overstatement of the equipment is estimated at 18 million rubles. We are talking about the Green Chemistry project, which is being implemented at Tver State University, the local newspaper AfanasyBiznes notes. According to the investigation, the heads of several companies entered into a criminal conspiracy, as a result of which the university received a centrifuge not for 10 million rubles according to the contract, and used one

Gunzburg: vaccinated against COVID-19 in addition to a nasal vaccine will not be a carrier Creator of Sputnik V ” of microbiology named after Gamaleya Alexander Gintsburg spoke about the advantages of a nasal vaccine against coronavirus, reports RIA Novosti. According to him, if vaccinated against COVID-19 are vaccinated with an additional nasal drug, they will cease to be carriers of infection. “In such people, most likely, who will be internally vaccinated, sterile immunity will be created,” said Gunzburg. He explained that when using a conventional vaccine there is no guarantee that the vaccinated coronavirus will not settle on the tonsils and in the nasopharynx. In October, the Ministry of Health of Russia allowed the Gamaleya Center to conduct the second phase of clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine in the form of a nasal spray. The director of the institution, Alexander Gintsburg, said that this vaccine would not cancel