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Russia has recorded a new one-day high in deaths in the CoV pandemic. 697 patients had died with the coronavirus, the crisis management team announced today in Moscow. The number of recorded new infections had risen to 24,439. That was the highest figure since Jan. 16. The country has a population of about 145 million. In the largest country on earth in terms of area, the highly contagious and dangerous delta variant is particularly rampant. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has therefore classified Russia as a virus variant area. Many…

Worried about new CoV variants, Slovakia is drastically tightening its entry rules. Starting July 9, all unvaccinated persons must be quarantined for 14 days, according to a new decree issued today by the government of the EU member state. This applies regardless of the country of origin. A PCR test is possible on the fifth day at the earliest, which can be used to get out of quarantine. Travelers who have had full vaccination protection for at least 14 days are exempt from quarantine. The change caused disappointment especially in…

More than 182.8 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 3.9 million infected people have died. About 3.2 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsThe zoo in Oakland, California, has begun vaccinating animals such as tigers, bears, cougars and ferrets against Covid-19. According to the zoo’s announcement Friday (2/7), the experimental vaccine from U.S. manufacturer Zoetis will next be administered to monkeys, fruit bats and pigs. Until now, they said, they have relied on protective measures such as…