A sharp increase in diseases in Russia. Current about coronavirus on January 15 – RBC

In Russia, the number of people infected with coronavirus per day increased by 14.1%. The most relevant about the COVID pandemic is in the RBC review

In the country, 27,179 new cases of COVID-19 were detected per day, which is 14.1% more than the day before. Of those previously ill, 723 people died per day. The total number of infected is 10.7 million, 9.8 million people have recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, more than 320 thousand people.

• The incubation period for the omicron strain of coronavirus has been reduced to two to five days, said Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor.
• Certificates of those who have recovered from coronavirus will be received by both those who had a positive PCR test and confirmed the presence of antibodies, and those who did not take a PCR test, but have antibodies, however, the terms of the documents will be different, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said.
• Clinical trials of a vaccine against COVID-19 for children aged six to 11 years will begin soon, all relevant contracts have already been concluded, said the director of the Center. N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg.

• Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied reports that vaccination against coronavirus in Russia could become paid.
• Last year, about 850 billion rubles were spent on anti-covid measures from the federal budget, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told RBC.

• Russians are increasingly becoming victims of telephone scammers who ask for a code from an SMS message to activate or link a QR code to a user’s page on the public services portal, said Vladimir Ulyanov, head of the Zecurion analytical center.

• Health Minister Mikhail Murashko announced a five-fold increase in the risk of re-infection with coronavirus with “omicron”. According to him, previously the risk of recurrence was less than 1% – within 0.74%.

By data WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world exceeded 320 million people, of which more than 5.5 million died.

• The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases, with more than 62.9 million infected. India is in second place (over 36.5 million), Brazil is in third (22.7 million), the UK is in fourth (over 14.9 million), and France is in fifth (over 12.9 million).
• On January 14, 3,120,435 people were infected with the coronavirus – this is almost the maximum number since the beginning of the pandemic. A day earlier, an absolute record was set – more than 3.39 million people were infected with COVID-19.
• Israel will accept Russian certificates of vaccination with the Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose when confirming vaccination, the Russian embassy in the country said.
• The coronavirus is gradually becoming an endemic infection, that is, characteristic of a certain area, said Maria van Kerkhove, head of the technical team at the WHO Emergency Diseases Unit.
• Professor of the George Washington University, virologist Konstantin Chumakov said that compared with early strains of coronavirus, the disease “omicron” proceeds in a rather mild form, and mortality has significantly decreased.
• The first cases of “omicron” were detected in Beijing and Shanghai, reports Bloomberg. Authorities said the new strain would have no effect on the Olympic Games, which are due to take place in a few weeks.