The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has authorized the use of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the country, official government information website announced on Friday. It was reported that at the same time, the Ministry of …
More than 2.5 million people across the world have died due to COVID-19. At least 2,500,770 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The milestone of 2 million global …
Mexican authorities administered their first shots of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine Wednesday to residents of the capital, with people lining up at a vaccination station on the city’s south side, eager to get any protection they …
A more contagious coronavirus strain VOC 202012/01 that was initially detected in the UK, has been reported in seven more countries over the past week, bringing the total to 101. The 501Y.V2 strain, first detected in South Africa, has spread to …
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabei said Tehran plans to increase the local production of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to 40 million doses per year. It will be possible after the joint pharmaceutical company of Iran and Russia starts …
Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19. The Russian vaccine was approved by the West African country's health …
The developers of Sputnik V have announced the beginning of trials of a combination vaccine with AstraZeneca, as follows from the post on the Russian vaccine’s Twitter account. "Using Sputnik V shot as a second shot for AZ …
An irregular sleep schedule can increase a person’s risk of depression over the long term as much as getting fewer hours of sleep overall, or staying up late most nights, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by a team from …
Poland has discovered the South African variant of the coronavirus on its territory, health minister said Adam Niedzielski, as he warned that the country was entering a third wave of the pandemic. Around 10% of coronavirus cases in …
The oldest constitutional republic of San Marino has approved the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, according to a press release by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). "The RDIF announces the …
The Spanish Embassy in Russia told Sputnik on Friday it had received the foreign ministry's invitation to inoculate staffers with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, and some diplomats had already been vaccinated. "The embassy has …
The world’s richest countries are on track to accumulate over 1 billion more doses of COVID-19 vaccines than they need to fully vaccinate all their citizens, according to new analysis from ONE’s Policy team. Meanwhile, …
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of its "Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021" for the COVID-19 pandemic that would require $1.96 billion in support from its member states. According …
The Finnish coronavirus strain appears to be the most recently discovered variant over the past several months across the world, though almost all of them are somewhat similar to the British, South African, Brazilian or Japanese variants. …
The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine suggested accelerating its mass deliveries to the European Union, engaging EU production facilities after the approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the developers wrote on the …
The Ukrainian government is set to extend the nationwide quarantine and state of emergency until April 30 during its Wednesday session, according to a draft governmental decree published on the cabinet’s website. "The draft …
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ "one big ask" of ministers at the U.N. Security Council meeting will be to "do away with vaccine nationalism," U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. …
Herd immunity to the novel coronavirus has not yet been developed globally, so a third wave of the epidemic is possible if people are not cautious enough, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said. …
The novel coronavirus may cause "significant" eye abnormalities in severe cases, research suggests. The coronavirus' effect on a patient's eyes was first brought to light when Dominic Cummings claimed the infection …
Experts of the Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology have confirmed the efficacy of Russian anti-coronavirus vaccines Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona against the virus’ British strain, Russia’s sanitary watchdog said …
