Chemical manufacture

The World Health Organization has called for measures to curb the spread of e-cigarettes, including health labeling, according to the eighth WHO report on the dangers of tobacco released on Tuesday.

The Russian Ministry of Health approved a study of a combination of vaccines against the coronavirus of the Russian drug Sputnik Light by the Gamaleya Center and the vaccines of the British-Swedish company and the University of Oxford AstraZeneca.

The government of the Indian state of Kerala intends to sign an agreement with Russia on the intention to create in the state a complex for the production of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V.

Israel has created the world's first capsule vaccine against coronavirus and is preparing for its clinical trials.

Research by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed the effectiveness against the delta coronavirus strain of all coronavirus vaccines used in the country, including the Russian drug Sputnik V.

Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said that he was vaccinated with the Chinese vaccine to make it easier to return to China after leaving for Moscow.

People do not have to make their own decision about mixing different vaccines for coronavirus, research in this direction is still ongoing.

The Serbian Ministry of Health has named Sputnik V the vaccine that causes the least side effects.

The PRC's State Food and Drug Administration has approved clinical trials of 22 COVID-19 vaccines, agency spokesman Yuan Lin said.

The effectiveness of "Sputnik V" against the Indian strain is about 90%, said Denis Logunov, deputy director of the Gamaleya Center for Research, which developed the vaccine.

A variety of rumors are circulating on social networks related to the coronavirus vaccine and its consequences.

At the Chumakov Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, they are checking how the KoviVac vaccine they have developed copes with new mutations of the coronavirus, in particular with the Indian strain (the delta strain according to the WHO classification)

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) plans to offer manufacturers a vaccine adapted to the Indian strain of the coronavirus.

According to a new research by American scientists, many cosmetics widely sold in retail chains have high concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a potentially toxic class of chemicals that are associated with the risk of developing a number of serious diseases.

The Shvabe holding (part of Rostec) has developed a Segment Gamma detector capable of detecting explosives and hazardous chemicals in five seconds.