COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
The COVID-19 pandemic spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Tyumen, Siberia and Chita, Russian Far East tested positive for the virus, with both cases being contained.
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Location | Russia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Tyumen and Chita |
Arrival date | 31 January 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 2,162,503[1][2] |
Recovered | 1,660,419[1][2] |
Deaths | 37,538[1][2] |
Government website | |
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Measures
Early prevention measures happened within the first cases. They included restricting the border with China and large testing. The infection spread from Italy on 2 March, leading to more measures such as cancelling events, closing schools, theatres and museums, shutting the border, and declaring a non-working period which lasted up to 11 May, having been extended twice.
Cases
By the end of March, lockdowns were added in the large majority of federal subjects, including Moscow. By 17 April, cases were confirmed in all federal areas. On 27 April, the number of confirmed cases passed those in China and on 30 April, it passed 100,000.
As of 14 May, Russia has 252,245 confirmed cases, 53,530 recoveries, 2,305 deaths, and over 6.1 million tests performed, ranking second in number of confirmed cases. The city of Moscow is currently the most affected, having the majority of confirmed cases.
COVID-19 Pandemic In Russia Media
President Putin visits coronavirus patients at City Clinical Hospital No. 40 on 24 March 2020
Moscow Metro passengers in April 2020
Using face masks in the Nizhny Novgorod Metro. Proletarskaya metro station
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Оперативные данные" [Operational data]. Стопкоронавирус.рф (in русский). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Коронавирус – симптомы, признаки, общая информация, ответы на вопросы — Минздрав России" (in русский). Ministry of Health (Russia). Retrieved 19 April 2020.