Another 37,156 cases of coronavirus detected in Russia

Over the past day, 37,156 new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Russia. This was announced on Friday, November 19, at the COVID-19 Operational Headquarters.

Most of all new cases were detected in Moscow (3371), St. Petersburg (2714) and the Moscow region (1777).

Earlier, on November 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the rate of testing for coronavirus in Russia needs to be increased. The head of Rospotrebnadzor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova, in turn, drew attention to the fact that the coverage of testing for the presence of infection in the Russian Federation has increased by one and a half times.

On the same day, Popova reported that the re-incidence of COVID-19 in Russia averages 0.25-0.3%. She also said that the incidence of coronavirus in Russia decreased by 2.5% due to the introduced non-working days.

Against the backdrop of a worsening epidemiological situation, the Russian authorities are urging residents to get vaccinated in order to protect their health and take care of their loved ones. Citizens are vaccinated for free. Five vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, which became the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and the world, as well as Sputnik Light, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona-N and KoviVak.

All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites stopcoronavirus.rf and access to all.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeVeTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.