Russia introduced quarantine for arrivals from South Africa and neighboring countries – RT in Russian
For a two-week quarantine, said the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova. According to her, the decision was made because of the “very high risks” associated with the omicron strain. No cases of coronavirus mutation have yet been identified in the new Russia. Popova noted that the situation with COVID-19 in the country is stabilizing: in November, the incidence rate decreased by more than 20%. Over the past day, 33,389 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Russian Federation, 35,185 people have recovered, 1,221 patients have died.
The authorities of the Russian Federation have introduced a two-week quarantine for citizens returning from South Africa and countries that border it on the African continent. This was stated by the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova on the air of the radio station “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.
“Today, the Russian Federation has introduced a two-week quarantine, but only for those who return from South Africa and countries that have a direct border with South Africa – that’s all. There are very few such people: according to the Federal Tourism Agency and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are several hundred in South Africa, ”Popova said.
The chief sanitary doctor also noted that this decision was made because of the “very high risks” associated with the omicron strain. At the moment, no cases of coronavirus mutation have yet been identified in the new Russia, she added.
Meanwhile, the head of the group for the scientific development of new diagnostic methods based on sequencing technologies at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Kamil Khafizov, in a conversation with Interfax, stated that cases of the omicron strain had already been recorded in 26 countries: “This number is quickly used. There are no special doubts that it will be found in our country as well ”.
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On November 28, Russia limited air traffic with South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, Hong Kong and Eswatini. In addition, Rospotrebnadzor, together with the Ministry of Transport, organized express testing for COVID-19 for visitors from Africa, as well as from China, Israel, Great Britain and Hong Kong.
The situation with COVID-19 in Russia
The situation with coronavirus infection in Russia is stabilizing, said the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova. At the same time, according to her, the autumn wave of COVID-19 has been observed in the country since September.
“In fact, this is a seasonal rise, which we have predicted and have been observing since mid-September. And choose the word all the same – “predicted.” We already understand to a certain extent, so to speak, the manners of a new guest on a planetary scale – the new coronavirus. As expected, it acquires its seasonality and comes to us, like other seasonal viruses, in the second half of September, ”said Anna Popova.
She notes a decrease in the incidence of COVID-19 by more than 20%, which indicates a stabilization of the situation. At the same time, Popova explained that waves of coronavirus occur until clear and insurmountable barriers to the spread of infection are formed.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor stressed that the spread of the coronavirus in the country cannot be stopped until everyone is vaccinated, “until that very collective immunity is created.”
Commenting on the situation with COVID-19 in Russia, Health Assistant Alexei Kuznetsov said that all the certificates of the transferred coronavirus disease during the year.
“All new certificates are issued for this period. For certificates of a past illness, issued earlier, the validity period is now being extended also up to a year from the day of recovery. This purely technical procedure will be completed shortly. All the necessary decisions have been made, “TASS quotes him.
On November 26, the head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, emphasized that the certificates of those who have been ill with COVID-19 over the last year will be automatically renewed.
COVID-19 Statistics
Over the past day, 33,389 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia. 35,185 people fully recovered, 1,221 died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.
In total, 9,703,107 cases of coronavirus have been identified in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 277,640 people died, 8,400,117 recovered.
Rospotrebnadzor reported that more than 226.1 million laboratory tests were carried out in the country for the presence of the virus. More than 1.731 million people under medical supervision.
The maximum number of new episodes was recorded in Moscow (3805), St. Petersburg (2623) and in the Moscow region (1475).
The situation with coronavirus infection in Moscow has stabilized over the past week – there were no falls or rises. This was announced by the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin in an interview with the TV channel “Russia 1”.
“Good or bad, next week will show. Where are we heading – either a slight increase or a slight decline, or the situation is stabilizing. We hope that there will be no sharp growth, although the overall situation is difficult, ”the mayor approved.