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Russia confirms 28,486 daily COVID-19 cases

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MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Russia registered 28,486 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,131,646, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. The nationwide death toll from COVID-19 increased by 1,133 to 294,024, while the number of recoveries increased by 37,155 to 8,876,788. Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit … Read more

Sputnik V vaccine 83% effective against Delta variant

MOSCOW: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 is around 83 per cent effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, lower than previously thought, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko quoted as saying on Wednesday. The vaccine’s developers in June said Sputnik V was around 90 per cent effective against the Delta variant. “The latest results show that effectiveness … Read more