COVID-19

Today’s news: Covivac, the most sought after among Russian registered COVID vaccines, is available to everyone from 18 to 60 years old in 14 Health pavilions in Moscow parks. Their location you can see in the map here: Здоровая Москва (mosgorzdrav.ru) More details – in the Russian version of this page. Evening update: as expected, […]

The theme of antibody testing becomes increasingly popular these days. Among the reasons – spreading of delta variant of coronavirus, a tangible increase in the number of cases, new limitations, increase in demand for vaccination and the desire to learn if it is time to get vaccinated after suffering coronavirus or if the vaccination was

I got vaccinated recently, and so I expressed my attitude to the question in the title. I was waiting for a particular vaccine which was not available for a long time in Russia. At last it became available, and after that it was an easy decision. If Astra Zeneca vaccine was available in Russia and

It is strange, but many vaccinnated people around me think that as soon as they get the first dose of the vaccine, they can relax, ease anti-COVID limitations, stop keeping social distance, wearing masks, etc. It is quite understandable that people are very tired of all those limitations, but the rules are well-known. For example,

The situation with COVID-19 in Europe seems to change during the last month. From one side, in many countries the number of infections is on the rise, and countries toughen health security measures. So, this should push more people to seek vaccination. From the other side, recent suspicions that AstraZeneca vaccine might lead to formation

Last time I set some vital questions on vaccination, and I have to admit I still haven’t made my mind on vaccination, and I haven’t vaccinated myself yet. Russian part of my blog is primarily for the audience in Russia, and English part is for the international audience. The situation is different in different countries.

Vaccination against COVID-19 gets speed. Many countries are keen to vaccinate substantial proportion of their citizen during a few coming months. Now, at the relative start of the vaccination, when the number of available vaccine doses is insufficient, so the demand is much greater than supply and there are queues, population categories that can participate,

As more and more people go through the coronavirus, the question of when they stop being infections becomes more important. It is commonly accepted that the incubation period of COVID-19 is between 1 and 14 days, with most common 5-6 days (World Health Organization data). It is established that an ill person starts to spread

Unlike many others, I wrote this post first in Russian, and it is Russia-specific to some extent. So, here are some key points: Undoubtedly, distance learning is a defective substitute for normal classroom learning for pupils. But is it a sufficient reason to bring pupils back to schools during record figures of new COVID-19 cases?

Majority of European countries and, unfortunately, not only European, experience new peaks of coronavirus these weeks. People, tired of limitations, who were able to ease restrictions in summer months in comparison with spring now face the choice of how to behave: whether to follow recommendations and come back to strict restrictions or just to take