Via The Moscow Times: Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Dec, 13. Excerpt:
• Russia confirmed 28,080 coronavirus cases and 488 deaths.
• Moscow municipal workers as well as residents working in the culture and service sectors will be able to receive Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine starting Monday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced. The new “risk groups” were added to the eligibility list after Moscow was set to receive a new batch of the vaccine.
• Moscow-based "R-Pharm" will become a leading manufacturer of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the state-run Interfax news agency reported Friday citing Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Working at full capacity, the factory will produce up to 10 million doses a month.
• Russia’s state-run Gamaleya research center will partner with AstraZeneca to test in a clinical trial whether combining their jabs would boost immunity to Covid-19, the British drugmaker announced Friday.
• Russia recorded more deaths in October than in any single month for more than a decade, official statistics published Thursday showed. Russia’s federal statistics agency (Rosstat) said 22,761 people with coronavirus died during the month, while the number of deaths was more than 47,000 — or 30% — higher than in 2019.
