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No alcohol for eight weeks after Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine shot: Russian official

December 10, 2020, 6:33 PM

Sneha Shah | Mumbai

Dr Alexander Gintsburg, Developer of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Dr Alexander Gintsburg, Developer of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Head of Russias consumer health surveillance and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation, Anna Popova on Tuesday, went on national radio to inform citizens that they should not consume alcohol for two weeks before their first shot of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccine recipients should stay sober for an additional six weeks after that to ensure a strong immune response, Popova added.

However, both Russian and American vaccine experts allegedly claimed that Popovas advice was too extreme. Official twitter handle of Sputnik V on Thursday, quoted developer of Russias Sputnik V vaccine Dr Alexander Gintsburg as saying ?one glass of champagne wont hurt anyone, in their tweet.

Moreover, Dr Gintsburg also advised moderate consumption of alcohol? and refraining alcohol for three days after each injection.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.