Putin announces plans to develop uninterrupted rail service from the Baltic Sea to the Indian Ocean; Mongolia to tighten controls on arrivals from abroad due to measles cases; Russian tennis players win Olympic silver in doubles – Russia today Publication in CHAT: Russia Putin announced plans to develop seamless rail service from the Baltic Sea to the Indian Ocean. Russia plans to develop international transport corridors, including the creation of seamless rail service from the Baltic and Barents Seas to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a video address on the occasion of Railway Transport Day, TASS reports. "Our agenda includes the construction of high-speed highways together with the Central Transport Hub, the creation of international logistics corridors, the development of the Azov-Black Sea transport route, the organization of the so-called seamless rail service from the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea to the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean," the president said. He also recalled the task of further modernization of the eastern railway line - the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railways, which at the same time "We need to work together, in a single logic with the NSR, with such promising projects as the Northern Latitude Railway with access to Arctic ports," Vladimir Putin emphasized the role of rail transport and its workers in the development of the country: "The opening of new world markets, the growth of domestic tourism, the sustainable operation of business, including the military-industrial complex - all this is also your merit." In Mongolia, due to cases of measles, control will be strengthened over passengers arriving from abroad, arriving in Mongolia from foreign countries, since the second case of measles has been confirmed in the country - 725 people. Persons who had contact with the sick have been identified. This was reported to a TASS correspondent by the press service of the Ministry of Health of Mongolia. “Over the past weekend, the country confirmed a second case of measles, a third suspected case, and 725 people who had contact with the sick before their isolation. In this regard, the special state commission on emergency situations ordered to strengthen measures to control the entry of citizens into Mongolia from abroad,” the Ministry of Health reported. According to him, information on the phone numbers and residential addresses of citizens arriving in the country will be collected by border services if they are looking for contacts with people infected with measles. Deputy Prime Minister Sainbuyangiin Amarsaikhan instructed Minister of Health Togtmolyn Munkhsaikhan to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and promptly organize vaccination of the population. The first patient arrived in Mongolia after visiting the United States. More than 100 people who had contact with him were urgently vaccinated. After the second confirmed case, citizens who have not been vaccinated against measles will be fully vaccinated. The National Research Center for Infectious Diseases (NRCID) has called on citizens to wear masks in public places. The last outbreak of the disease among children in Mongolia was in March 2019, although the World Health Organization officially recognized Mongolia as a country that eradicated measles in 2016. Russian tennis players win Olympic silver in doubles Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider won silver medals at the competition. Summer Olympic Games in Paris in women's doubles, RIA Novosti Sport writes. In the final of the tournament, the Russians lost to the Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini (third seeded) with a score of 6:2, 1:6, 7:10. The athletes spent one hour and 24 minutes on the court. Thus, 17-year-old Andreeva and 20-year-old Schneider brought Russia the first medal of the Paris Olympics, which was also the first in their careers. Source link Source link
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The incidence of measles, whooping cough and brucellosis has increased in Russia – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Rospotrebnadzor reported that in 2023 the incidence of dangerous infections, especially measles, mumps, whooping cough, brucellosis and others, increased in Russia. The department's annual report was studied by RBC. The report says that last year the incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases decreased by 30%. At the same time, more cases of other diseases began to be recorded. The incidence of whooping cough increased by 7.6 times, measles by 7 times, Haemophilus influenzae infection by 2.8 times, the economic damage from 34 infectious diseases amounted to about one billion rubles spent on treatment. Higher School of Economics Larisa Popovich linked the increase in the number of infectious diseases with the influx of migrants who did not have the opportunity to get vaccinated: “Another reason is the decrease in immunity after the COVID-19 pandemic,” the publication noted. At the same time, Popovich doubted that the situation with the spread of infection would improve. The further spread of diseases cannot be stopped without the formation of stable collective immunity through vaccination coverage of the population, strengthening the fight against “anti-vaccinators” and revising the national calendar of preventive vaccinations. Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor reported a decrease in the incidence of HIV infection. [VV1] - by 7.5% compared to 2022. Source link Source link
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WHO data on measles in the Russian Federation is incorrect – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia According to WHO estimates, Russia was third in the European region after Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan in the number of measles cases from April 2023 to March 2024. 36,292 cases were recorded in Kazakhstan, 28,855 in Azerbaijan, and 18,977 in the Russian Federation, including Kyrgyzstan (14,472), Romania (4,773), Turkey (4,698), Uzbekistan (1,899), Great Britain ( 1,008), Armenia (697) and Austria (456). Of the 114 563 measles cases in the European Region, 98% occurred in these countries. Source link Source link