Kommersant: LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky fell ill with COVID-19 two weeks ago, Zhirinovsky is indeed in the ward of the Central Clinical Hospital with a ventilator, but this is more likely to be a safety net. He continues to work and communicate with assistants Vladimir Zhirinovsky The leader of the…
Japan finds link between gut bacterium and COVID deaths
Japanese scientists from Nagoya University have established a link between the presence of an intestinal bacterium from the Collinsella genus in the human body and low mortality when infected with coronavirus, the results of the study are posted on the website of The Japan Times newspaper. The researchers concluded that…
Macron in New Year’s address warns of “difficult weeks” due to COVID
Macron: the coming weeks will be difficult due to coronavirus In December, France faced two waves of coronavirus at once – “delta” and “omicron”, and on December 25, the number of cases per day exceeded 100 thousand people. At the beginning of January there may already be 250 thousand of…
WHO official reveals when Russia’s Sputnik V jab could be approved
Follow RT on By Gabriel Gavin, in Moscow Despite a series of delays, the World Health Organization (WHO) may give the green light to Russia’s flagship coronavirus vaccine as early as the first few months of next year, the organization’s European chief has told RT. Speaking as part of an…
New ‘super mutant’ COVID strain prompts EU to seek air travel ban
Follow RT on The European Commission has mooted stopping all air travel from southern Africa amid rising concerns about a variant of Covid-19 that appears to have mutated to circumvent the body’s immune system. In a tweet on Friday, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would…
School taught lesson on ‘dual pandemic’ of Covid-19 & racism in US
Follow RT on A Maryland school board has come under fire for giving kids a “psychoeducational lesson” about what it called the US’ “dual pandemic” of Covid-19 and “systemic racism.” According to documents published by Judicial Watch and seen by Fox News, the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) board launched…
Putin uses G20 appearance to propose global strategy to counter COVID pandemic, says virus here to stay & will be long-term threat
Follow RT on The world’s leading nations need a working mechanism for both efficiently updating vaccines against Covid-19 as the virus mutates and recognizing each other’s jabs, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the G20 summit on Saturday. “According to expert opinions, the coronavirus will remain a threat for a long…
GOP reps. demand Fauci testify on Covid-19 origins & request briefing on controversial ‘gain of function’ research
Follow RT on A group of Republican lawmakers have called on White House Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci to testify on the origins of the pandemic, also demanding a briefing on US funding for potentially dangerous research into coronaviruses. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and James Comer (R-Kentucky) penned a letter to…
Tennessee hat store promotes ‘not vaccinated’ patch styled on Nazi yellow star, drawing condemnation & calls for boycott
Follow RT on A hat shop in Nashville, Tennessee is taking heat after unveiling an anti-vaccine patch modeled on the yellow star forced on Jews during the Holocaust, with observers online rejecting the comparison as wildly offensive. The store, hatWRKS, took to Instagram on Friday to promote the new item,…
‘Pharmacy of the world’: India exports first Covid-19 vaccines to neighboring nations
Follow RT on India’s Ministry of External Affairs has exported its first batches of Covid-19 vaccines to partner nations Bhutan and the Maldives. The first jab New Delhi is shipping is the AstraZeneca one. Anurag Srivastava, the spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, announced on Twitter that the country…
‘If you still hate me, that’s fine’: US tennis ace reveals he fled Russia with family on $40,000 private flight over Covid-19 saga
Follow RT on A tennis star has revealed his dramatic undercover dash to escape St. Petersburg after testing positive for Covid-19, funding a private jet because he feared being forced to spend two weeks in a Russian hospital with his family. Vastly experienced Sam Querrey said he had been happy…