Russia continues to break Covid-19 case records despite non-working week

Russia continues to break Covid-19 case records despite non-working week

The country also recorded 1,888 deaths during the same period, a slightly lower figure compared to yesterday, the AFP news agency reported.

Russia, the European country with the most deaths from coronavirus, registered more than 8.7 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic and 245,635 deaths, according to official figures.

Today’s record of infections occurs in the middle of a non-working week in the country, decreed by the president, Vladimir Putin, between October 30 and November 7, to try to reduce infections.

In Moscow, where the greatest infections are registered, schools, shops, gyms and other “non-essential” services are closed.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus in Russia can be explained by the low vaccination rate of the population in a context of widespread mistrust. To date only 33.8% of Russians are fully immunized.

In addition, due to the important community transmission weeks ago of the Delta variant, considered more contagious.

Source From: Ambito

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