Amid new negative records in Corona deaths, Russia has approved another vaccine against the virus. The vaccine EpiVacCorona-N has been added to the State Register of Medicines, the Interfax agency reported Thursday evening (Aug. 26). This means that Russia, with a population of about 146 million, now has five different Corona vaccines. The new agent was developed at the “Vektor” research center in the Siberian metropolis of Novosibirsk. On Thursday, authorities nationwide reported 820 deaths linked to the virus in one day – a high since the pandemic began.
Norway on Thursday (Aug. 26) recorded the highest number of new infections since the Corona pandemic began. The Covid 19 pathogen was detected in 1294 people. In the past two weeks, there have been 152 reported cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the health authority said. The number of hospitalizations, while increasing, is still at a low level, authorities had said the previous day. About 62 percent of adults are fully vaccinated.
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