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The British-Swedish vaccine and its Russian alternative took somewhat different approaches to triggering an immune response to the SARS-Cov-2 virus, and using them in a single regimen may produce a better result, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya Institute, which developed Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine, told RT. On …

Dmitriev revealed that the Russia-produced vaccine is as effective against the new mutation as it is against other existing strains. “Sputnik V has repeatedly shown its effectiveness, despite previous mutations in the S-protein,” Dmitriev told the press, on Monday. Earlier Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Russia is following the …

Speaking on Monday, Grant Shapps said that the majority of the UK’s imports from the continent arrive on containers and not accompanied freight, including almost all of the UK’s vaccine supply.  The transport minister contended that the supply chain is “pretty robust” and said that the French ban on hauliers …

The partnership, originally proposed by the Russian team over Twitter and announced at the start of December, will see the pharma giant trial its Covid-19 vaccine candidate in combination with the Russian-made Sputnik-V jab. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with drug company bosses via video link on Monday morning, congratulating …

The Polish travel ban will come into force at midnight on Monday, government spokesman Piotr Muller announced on Twitter. Many other nations, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Iran, Argentina, Chile and El Salvador have cut transportation to and from the UK. The restrictions were applied after Britain’s decision …

The $900-billion coronavirus deal was announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday night, a compromise reached between Democrats and Republicans after nearly nine months of fruitless negotiations.  “We can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a very long time: more help is on the …

With a growing number of European countries locking out travel from the UK, Saudi Arabia has pulled all the stops in its effort to curb the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus, imposing a sweeping ban on all commercial travel, Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday, citing an …

The very same new coronavirus strain behind the current scare in Europe has been isolated in a laboratory at Celio Military Hospital in Rome. It was obtained from a person that had previously tested positive for Covid-19, the nation’s health ministry confirmed. “The Celio Scientific Department … sequenced a genome …

The short and seemingly upbeat comment from the health watchdog boss, Anna Popova, came on Saturday during a TV program called ‘Dangerous virus. Year one’ on Russia’s channel 1. “It will end by spring, and if we try, it may end earlier. It depends on how everyone acts today,” Popova …

Sergey Sobyanin told Rossiya 1 news channel on Saturday that he believes “we’ll fight Covid-19 for a long time to come, but the most acute period should end in a few months.” He added that the most difficult choice for political leaders was not when to close things down, but …