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Quarter of Patients In Russia Infected With COVID-19 Don’t Have Symptoms

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020By Editor

The day before, Moscow’s COVID-19 response centre said that people younger than 45 account for nearly 50 percent of the new coronavirus patients registered in the Russian capital, with the infection confirmed in 17 more children. … Read More >Quarter of Patients In Russia Infected With COVID-19 Don’t Have Symptoms

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Russia sees drop in new Covid-19 cases, but cause for alarm as almost half of newly infected in Moscow are under 45

Posted on April 2, 2020By Editor

A total of 440 more people have tested positive for coronavirus over the last 24 hours, in Russia, a drop from the previous day’s 500. The nationwide death toll has risen by seven to 24. Moscow remains the disease’s main hotspot. … Read More >Russia sees drop in new Covid-19 cases, but cause for alarm as almost half of newly infected in Moscow are under 45

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Head of Russian coronavirus hospital visited by Putin tests positive for Covid-19

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020By Editor

Denis Protsenko, head doctor at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in Moscow has tested positive for Covid-19. President Vladimir Putin visited the clinic earlier this month. … Read More >Head of Russian coronavirus hospital visited by Putin tests positive for Covid-19

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Mandatory self-isolation: With Moscow in partial lockdown, Russian PM urges rest of country to follow suit

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020By Editor

As Covid-19 spreads, enforcing a nationwide shutdown across the world’s largest country isn’t easily done, in practical terms. With this in mind, it seems the Russian government has reached for the carrot rather than the stick. … Read More >Mandatory self-isolation: With Moscow in partial lockdown, Russian PM urges rest of country to follow suit

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‘You should NOT leave your home’: Moscow mayor issues strict Covid-19 pandemic order, stopping short of complete lockdown

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020By Editor

Moscow, where the number of coronavirus cases now exceeds 1,000, has introduced a tough self-isolation regime. From Monday, residents of the Russian capital will be only allowed to leave their homes in cases of absolute necessity. … Read More >‘You should NOT leave your home’: Moscow mayor issues strict Covid-19 pandemic order, stopping short of complete lockdown

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Official figures may underestimate scale of Covid-19 spread in Russia – Moscow mayor to Putin

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020By Editor

There are a number of theories for why Russia appears to have gotten off relatively lightly from the coronavirus pandemic, so far. Some cite early border closures, others pure luck and a small fringe allege there’s a cover-up. … Read More >Official figures may underestimate scale of Covid-19 spread in Russia – Moscow mayor to Putin

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‘We need joint action, not fake news’: Moscow slams HRW chief for touting story on Russia’s rich grabbing life-saving ventilators

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020By Editor

Russia’s top diplomat in the US has demanded the Human Rights Watch chief stops spreading misinformation about Russia’s readiness to fight Covid-19, after he touted an article claiming it’s letting the wealthy buy up ventilators. … Read More >‘We need joint action, not fake news’: Moscow slams HRW chief for touting story on Russia’s rich grabbing life-saving ventilators

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Moscow metro ‘will operate in ANY scenario, it cannot stop’, mayor says amid coronavirus speculation

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020By Editor

Despite the Covid-19 outbreak, Moscow authorities will not shut the city’s most used public transit system, the metro. That’s according to the mayor who dismissed rumors to the contrary as “nonsense and stupidity.” … Read More >Moscow metro ‘will operate in ANY scenario, it cannot stop’, mayor says amid coronavirus speculation

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Russian Information Centre Denies Reports on Moscow’s Plan to Tighten Quarantine – Source

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

The Russian Information and Communication Center denies reports that authorities are inclined to introduce measures tightening quarantine in the country, a source told Sputnik on Sunday. … Read More >Russian Information Centre Denies Reports on Moscow’s Plan to Tighten Quarantine – Source

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Coronavirus: few cases in Russia. So why are authorities building a huge hospital?

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020By Editor

On March 10, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that Moscow was urgently building an infectious diseases center for coronavirus patients. We have tried to find out why a new hospital is needed and what it will be like. … Read More >Coronavirus: few cases in Russia. So why are authorities building a huge hospital?