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Foreign Ministry spokesman Moniela: South Africa cooperates with the BRICS countries in the study of the omicron strain Moniela said that the country's scientists are conducting joint research on the new omicron strain of coronavirus with their colleagues from the BRICS countries, Izvestia writes. scientists conduct joint research, exchange information and experience, including genomic sequencing of the omicron. Scientists share their observations with colleagues from other BRICS countries – Russia, India, China, Brazil, “Moniela emphasized. Moniela added that in South Africa, not a single omicron-infected COVID-19 strain required an artificial ventilation of the lungs (IVL) or emergency hospitalization. According to scientists and the Ministry of Health of the republic, this version of the coronavirus is not accompanied by serious symptoms. The representative of the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs also commented on the request for a sample of the omicron-strain of coronavirus, which came from Russia to the republic.

Britain, the USA, France, Germany and Italy called on the Russian Federation to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine Leaders of Western countries – Britain, USA, France, Germany and Italy – called on Russia to de-escalate tensions on the border with Ukraine. This is stated in a joint statement, RIA Novosti reports. It is indicated that Western leaders agreed to talk to each other on Tuesday after talks between Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin and the United States, Joe Biden, on December 7. They also called for the resumption of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in the “Normandy format.” Ukraine. Psaki added that Biden plans to discuss his actions with allies. She also stressed that the United States is trying to convey to Russia that the situation with Ukraine must be resolved by diplomatic methods. Talks between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden will take place on Tuesday evening, December 7. They will be

The RF Ministry of Digital Science proposed to introduce restrictions on the provision of services in electronic form “State services” of state and municipal services to impose restrictions on making an appointment. A draft of the corresponding resolution of the Russian government has been published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The restrictions are proposed to be extended to cases where, when a body or organization considers a request, an excess of the request limit is revealed. It was proposed to extend the same restriction to the MFC RF. It is proposed that the limit will be determined by the administrative regulations for the provision of the service within the framework of limiting a certain number of requests that can be submitted within a certain period of time by one applicant until the result of the provision of the service is obtained or in in the event of

HSE study: the share of illegal beer on the market increased to 14% versus 5.2% in 2020 The number of illegal beer has increased in Russia , in the first half of 2021, its market share reached 14 percent. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a study by the Higher School of Economics (HSE). Related materials 00:03 – July 23 Artificial meat is taking over the world. Why is Russia not ready for this? 10:00 – October 7 Food security. Russia and for export This happened after reaching a minimum level of 5.2 percent in 2020. “The decrease in sales of illegal products was due to the anti-epidemic restrictions in force for most of the year, which significantly hampered both the production and import of illegal products. However, already in the first half of 2021, the volume of illegal products increased to 14 percent, “the materials say.

A group of WHO scientists advised to stop treatment with blood plasma of COVID-19 patients A group of international experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) advised to stop treatment with coronavirus blood plasma of COVID-19 patients. This is stated in a press release from the organization, which was received by Lenta.ru. According to WHO scientists, current data show that this method of treatment does not reduce the risk of death from coronavirus or the likelihood of being on mechanical ventilation, but plasma treatment is costly and time consuming. Thus, WHO opposes the use of plasma from recovered patients for patients with mild, moderate and severe disease. Recommendations are based on data from 16 studies involving 16,236 patients with mild, severe and critical COVID-19 infection. These recommendations are part of the guidance developed by the World Health Organization with the methodological support of the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation to provide