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more than 12 million people worldwide became infected with a new type of coronavirus, nearly 549 thousand patients died. Data are published by the American Johns Hopkins University, which maintains statistics on the incidence on the basis of information from international organizations, Federal and local authorities.

“the United States, Brazil and India – the three countries with the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus. Over three million cases in America, a million 713 thousand 160 people in Brazil and 742 thousand 427 cases reported in India,” – with reference to the source TASS.

Pandemic COVID-19, which the who reported in March, has become a challenge for the global health community. Russian scientists continue to explore medications that will help in the fight against the virus SARS-CoV-2. As told by the Minister of health of Michael Murashko, the last month in Russia there has been a strong downward trend in the number of cases of coronavirus and growth of recovered patients.

In the end of July will be known the results of clinical trials of a new vaccine, developed by experts of the Ministry of defense in cooperation with the National research centre of epidemiology and Microbiology. N. F. Gamalei. Volunteers who are now experiencing the drug reported good health, after the introduction of the vaccine. A new testing phase will begin next week, on the 21st day after the first vaccination, the participants of the experiment will introduce another component of the vaccine. Experts also note that during a pandemic, the Russians are much more likely to apply to vaccines, evaluating their protective functions for the body.