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Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Russia has confirmed 36,818 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,145,912, the response center said on Tuesday. more
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine may also effectively protect animals from COVID-19, says  developer

Moscow/Sputnik: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine may also effectively protect animals from COVID-19, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Russian Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiolo ...

Over 80 cases of British COVID-19 strain confirmed in Russia

Moscow/Sputnik: More than 80 cases of the British coronavirus variant have been registered in Russia, all of them are imported cases, Anna Popova, the head of the Russian public health wa ...

Putin says Russian Covid-19 vaccines have no serious registered side effects

Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, Russia/Sputnik: Russian COVID-19 vaccines have not had any serious registered side effects so far, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

COVID-19 affected 1 in 30 Russians during first year of pandemic

Moscow/Sputnik: The COVID-19 infection has affected nearly one in 30 Russians since the first case was registered in the country on March 1, 2020, according to the data from the Federal S ...

Russia begins vaccination for COVID-19 virus in Moscow

Moscow/UNI: Russia on Saturday started its vaccination programme for COVID-19, with clinics in the capital Moscow inoculating those most at risk from the virus.

Over 117,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine already released

Moscow/Sputnik: Over 117,000 doses of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V have been already released into the market, and there are plans to produce over 2 million doses by the end ...

WHO says Russia shared data on phase I, II clinical trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Sputnik V

Moscow/Sputnik: Russia has shared with the World Health Organization (WHO) the data obtained during phase I and II of the clinical trials of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, an adv ...

Russia confirms nearly 9,900 COVID-19 cases in 24-hour period: Response Center

Moscow/Sputnik: - Russia has registered 9,859 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 9,412 yesterday, taking the cumulative case total to 1,204,502, the coronavirus response center ...

Venezuela receives first shipment of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines

Caracas/Xinhua: Venezuelan authorities received on Friday the first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccines against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and announced they plan to begin Phase III ...