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The Austrian authorities intend to carefully open restaurants, tourism, culture and sports from May 19, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at a press conference on Friday.

On April 22, the Turkish authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew due to the spread of coronavirus infection. The restrictions will be in effect until April 26.

The Ukrainian government has decided to extend the emergency regime, as well as quarantine measures in the country until June 30.

The production of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has begun in Argentina. This information came from the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

COVID-19 cases in Turkey are declining. This information was reported by the head of the Ministry of Health of the republic, Fahrettin Koca.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for medical assistance to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

While the German authorities receive permission to use the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, German residents are already sent to Russia to be vaccinated.

The project of the digital COVID certificate, which is being developed in the European Union and should be operational by the summer, passed the first stage of approvals on Wednesday.

The number of detected cases of coronavirus in the United States over the past day increased by 77 878.

The Belarusian authorities have banned the import of part of the products of the German cosmetics company Nivea.

The American company Johnson & Johnson has postponed the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in Europe. This information is reported in a press release from the company.

For the first time in the world, cardiac surgeons at the Meshalkin National Medical Research Center performed a complex heart operation through a small incision. This information is reported in the press service of the institution.

India has returned to the second place in the world in the number of cases of coronavirus. This information is reported by the country's Ministry of Health.

The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will no longer be produced at the American plant.

Turkey has once again set an anti-record for the number of residents infected with coronavirus. In one day, more than 44 thousand new cases of infection with the COVID-19 virus were detected in the country.