
Sputnik V, the vaccine that was registered in Russia in August, is effective against the newly-discovered mutated version of coronavirus, the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, has announced. “We also confirm that, according to our information, Sputnik V is highly effective against a new virus mutation found in ...

Russia announced Monday it will join more than a dozen countries in suspending flights with the UK over the emergence of a highly infectious strain of the coronavirus. A government decree said Russia would “temporarily suspend flights with the UK due to the worsening epidemiological situation” and that the ban ...