Russia on Friday reported nearly 1,200 deaths from COVID-19 over the past day, just short of its record in a persistent wave of coronavirus infections that closed most businesses in the country this week. The national coronavirus task force said 1,192 people died in the past 24 hours and 40,735 new infection cases were tallied. […]
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Brazil bans Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine due to carrying live cold virus: report
Paramedics scheduling at-home vaccines for people who can’t leave home Depending on where you live, people who are homebound are still facing obstacles when it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Some cities and towns are working to change that by bringing the vaccine to them. Health regulators in Brazil announced the country’s intention to […]
In Latin American first, Argentina to produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Argentina will be the first Latin American country to produce Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, according to Russia’s RDIF sovereign fund, which financed the development of the shot. A deal to this end has been struck with Argentina’s Richmond pharmaceutical company, the fund announced on Tuesday. The vaccine technology has been transferred to Richmond and […]
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccination drive slowly picking up speed
Maria Piparinen and other elderly residents of Ikhala were relieved when they heard that doctors were finally bringing a few doses of the coronavirus vaccine to their remote, snowy village in the Russian region of Karelia, near the border with Finland. Otherwise, the 75-year-old said she would have had to hire a car to take […]