Russia registered its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections on Friday after officials warned that tight restrictions could be put back ...
Medical workers in major cities like Saint Petersburg are battling the world's fourth-highest national caseload AFP/OLGA MALTSEVAMOSCOW: Russia registered its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections on Friday after officials warned that tight restrictions could be put back in place if people continued to flout restrictions.
A government tally registered 12,126 new cases on Friday, surpassing the country's previous record set in May by several hundred cases. Officials in Moscow, which is the epicentre of Russia's pandemic, have taken only minor steps to slow the spread of cases. "The city is making the necessary decisions. But it won't work without people responding to these measures, helping themselves and those around them," Sobyanin said Friday.
The Kremlin said Friday that if the situation continues to deteriorate it will"require some actions, decisions".But Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov placed the blame on Russians for the surging caseload, saying it was clear that"many people don't think it is necessary to take care of providing the safety of their health."
Russia announced in August it had registered the world's first coronavirus vaccine, named Sputnik V after the Soviet-era satellite and a number of officials have said they volunteered for inoculation, including Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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