World record for morbidity. Coronavirus news on January 13 – RBC

The number of people infected with COVID-19 per day in the world turned out to be a record, the number of victims of the pandemic has exceeded 5.5 million, Russia is preparing for a new wave. The most relevant about the COVID pandemic – in the RBC review

In the country, 17,946 new cases of COVID-19 were detected per day. Of the previously sick 745 people died per day. The total number of infected is 10.7 million, 9.7 million people have recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, over 318 thousand.

• In the coming weeks, due to the spread of the omicron strain, an increase in the number of new cases is expected, the figures may reach six-digit figures, the Rospotrebnadzor warned.
• The vaccine for adolescents against coronavirus should go into civil circulation next week, said the director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. Gamalei Alexander Gunzburg.

• Moscow may introduce new restrictions due to the spread of the omicron strain of coronavirus in the event of an increase in the number of cases of diseases and hospitalizations, warned the deputy mayor of the capital for economic policy and property and land relations Vladimir Efimov.
• In a sample of patients in Moscow, which was made by the Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) to study its test system, the proportion of those infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus was more than 76%.

• In Russia, it is necessary to vaccinate from 500 to 700 thousand people a day every day in order to achieve the required level of herd immunity in six months, said the director of the center. Gamalei Alexander Gunzburg. Experts doubt that it is possible to achieve such indicators.

• According to Vladimir Putin, Russia is on the eve of possible new outbreaks of coronavirus, including due to communication between people on New Year’s holidays and the rapid spread of omicron around the world. Several weeks remained to prepare for the rise in incidence.
• Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to assess the readiness of medical organizations to spread the Omicron strain. The Ministry of Health, by January 14, must assess the readiness of medical organizations for additional deployment of beds, and the Ministry of Digital, by the end of the working week, must ensure the readiness of the 112 service for a possible increase in the number of citizens’ appeals.

By data WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 312 million people, of which more than 5.5 million have died.

• The leader in the number of confirmed cases remains the United States, where more than 61 million infected have been identified. India is in second place (over 36 million), in third place is Brazil (almost 22.5 million), in fourth place is Great Britain (over 14.7 million), in fifth place is France (over 12.2 million).
• Over the past day, 3 395 785 people have been infected with the coronavirus – this is the maximum since the beginning of the pandemic, according to WHO data.
• The coronavirus is gradually turning into an endemic infection, that is, characteristic of a certain area, said Maria van Kerkhove, head of the technical group of the WHO emergency diseases division.
• The Governor of the American state of New Jersey Phil Murphy introduced an emergency regime in connection with the spread of the omicron strain of the coronavirus.
• Frequent booster doses of coronavirus vaccine at short intervals can overload the immune system, warned Marco Cavaleri, head of vaccination and infection control at the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
• The entire leadership of Bulgaria, including the president, prime minister, key ministers and party leaders, went into quarantine. It was all due to the meeting of the National Security Council of Bulgaria, after which the Speaker of Parliament tested positive for coronavirus.
• Cyprus has recognized the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a tourist booster.