The coronavirus break out in Russia is under “complete control,” President Vladimir Putin stated Sunday, regardless of the country having actually reported a record increase in day-to-day cases over night of the extremely contagious infection.
Russia has reported 42,853 cases of COVID-19, the disease brought on by the novel coronavirus, and 6,060 in the last day. The nation has actually reported 361 deaths and 3,291 recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
” The circumstance is under complete control,” Mr. Putin stated in a telecasted address on Orthodox Easter. “All of our society is joined in front of the typical threat.”
” All levels of power are working in an organized, accountable and timely way,” he continued.
Moscow has actually been the hardest-hit Russian town by the spread of COVID-19, and has actually implemented strict lockdown precautions in an effort to slow the spread.
While Russia has reported significantly lower infection rates and death tolls from the infection than the rest of Europe, experts have actually alerted the nation remains in the earlier stages of the virus’s spread.
