The World Health Organization (WHO) compared the rate of spread of coronavirus infection in Russia and Europe. The representative of the organization in the Russian Federation Melita Vuinovich told about this, she is quoted by RIA Novosti.
“At this point, we can see that in the European region in many countries there is an increase in infection cases. We do not see this in Russia, ”she stressed. According to Vujnovic, such conclusions were made on the basis of data provided by WHO on a daily basis.
As of September 16, since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia 1,079,519 cases of coronavirus have been detected in 85 regions. During the day, 5670 new cases of infection were recorded. Most of them are in Moscow (750), St. Petersburg (207) and the Moscow region (173).
On August 11, Russia registered the world's first COVID-19 vaccine called Sputnik V. A number of government officials have already been vaccinated, in particular Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. More than 50 countries are interested in the domestic drug. In total, 26 variants of the coronavirus vaccine are currently being developed in Russia.
An outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus was first recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic.
