MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Despite the promising results of the AstraZeneca-Pfizer vaccine combination, the World Health Organisation (WHO) does not recommend mixing any other type of COVID-19 vaccines, the executive secretary of the organisation's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE), Joachim Hombach, said on 2 July.
"There is a real risk that the epidemic will pick up again this summer in France," Veran said.
The president of the French National Authority for Health said on Friday that children who have been infected with the coronavirus can develop a rare but severe inflammatory syndrome.
"Next week we will publish a document to warn therapists and pediatricians about the syndrome that occurs in children. This is an inflammatory syndrome of all organs. It is rare but very severe and requires urgent hospitalization. The problem is that this can occur a few weeks after the coronavirus, which went unnoticed, " Dominique Le Guludec told the BFMTV channel.
Even though children with COVID-19 present with mild symptoms, she went on, the syndrome may occur and require a fast reaction.
Russia recorded 23,218 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 23,543 the day before, bringing the total to 5,561,360, the federal response centre said on Friday.
"Over the past day, 23,218 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 3,066 cases (13.2%) without clinical symptoms," the statement said, adding that the rate of increase fell to 0.42%.
Moscow confirmed 6,893 daily infections, down from 7,597 the day before. The Russian capital was followed by the Moscow region with 2,488 cases, down from 2,663 the day before, and St. Petersburg with 1,671 cases, up from 1,612 the day before.
The response centre reported a new record of 679 fatalities linked to the coronavirus, up from 672 the day before, raising the country's death toll to 136,565.
In the same 24 hours, 18,197 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, up from 16,928 the day before, bringing the total to 5,035,518.
Johnson & Johnson said that its single-shot coronavirus vaccine neutralises the fast-spreading delta variant and provides durable protection against infection more broadly.
The company said in a statement Thursday that recipients of its vaccine produced strong neutralising antibodies over the course of at least eight months against all variants including delta.
The number of people, who have died of the coronavirus in India, has risen by 853 to 400,312 people within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Within the same period of time, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 46,617 to 30,458,251, according to the ministry.
More than 29.54 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.
