Thursday, May 15, 2025
Thousands of soldiers marched in Belarus on Saturday to celebrate the Soviet victory in World War Two, as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls for lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported. Lukashenko, who has ruled the eastern European country since 1994, has called fears over the coronavirus a...
One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, the authorities said. The hospital, located in northwestern Moscow, had been designated by the authorities as one of the medical facilities treating coronavirus patients in the Russian capital,...
The Russian authorities said on Sunday they had recorded 11,012 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 209,688, Reuters reported. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 88 people had died in the past day, pushing the national death toll to 1,915. Russian coronavirus cases overtook...
Russian authorities said on Saturday they had recorded 10,817 new cases of the coronavirus in the last day, pushing the nationwide tally to 198,676, Reuters writes. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said that 104 people had died overnight, bringing the national death toll to 1,827. Russian coronavirus cases overtook French and German infections...
Sovcombank denied reports that the president of the bank, Ilya Brodsky, has tested positive for coronavirus, Kommersant reported. “The President of Sovcombank Ilya Brodsky does not have information about the positive test for coronavirus,” the bank said. In Russia, over the past 24 hours, 10,699 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were...
Russia can avoid the explosive peak in the spread of coronavirus, according to infectious diseases specialist Valery Beznosenko, as reported by RIA Novosti. He pointed out that over the past five days, the increase in the disease is mainly related to the number of people tested. In his opinion, this...
Over the past 24 hours, 10,699 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were registered in 83 regions in Russia, the operational headquarters for combating COVID-19 said. The day before, 11,231 cases were identified. The total number of infected reached 187,859, Kommersant reported. A total of 98 deaths were recorded per day...
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin estimated the actual number of people infected with coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the capital at 300,000 people. He stated this on the television channel Russia 24. According to screening studies, 2–2.5% of the total population of Moscow have COVID-19, he said. The mayor called the identification...
Moscow authorities will oblige residents to wear masks and gloves in the subway and other public transport, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with Rossiya-24, as reported by Vedomosti. Sobyanin said that the obligation to wear masks and gloves in the subway was introduced on May 12. Self-isolation...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia has climbed by 11,231 over the past day, reaching 177,160 in all regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday, TASS reported. Some 23,803 people have recovered and a total of 1,625 patients have died. The daily growth rate in cases stood at 6.8%...