By Maxim Rodionov and Alexander Marrow
By Maxim Rodionov and Alexander Marrow
MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) – The variety of recorded coronavirus circumstances in Russia reached 658 on Wednesday, a day after the mayor of Moscow informed President Vladimir Putin that the actual scale of the issue within the Russian capital far exceeded official figures.
The variety of circumstances in Russia elevated by 163 in a single day, the most important in the future rise to this point, the authorities’s official coronavirus web site confirmed. Most circumstances, 410, had been in Moscow.
Knowledge confirmed that circumstances had been found in 55 totally different areas total, that 29 folks had recovered from the virus, and that no one had died. A girl who examined constructive for the virus died earlier this month, however authorities blamed a blood clot on the time.
Town of Moscow modified its coronavirus testing system this week, one thing prone to result in extra circumstances being recorded.
Samples had been beforehand despatched to a lab in Siberia for a second spherical of testing to substantiate a constructive outcome acquired throughout checks performed in labs within the capital, the town’s coronavirus response headquarters mentioned in an announcement on Monday. That follow has now been discontinued.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, a detailed Putin ally, informed the Russian chief on Tuesday {that a} critical state of affairs was unfolding within the capital and that the actual variety of circumstances was unclear however was rising shortly.
Testing for the virus was scarce, mentioned Sobyanin, and plenty of Muscovites coming back from overseas had been self-isolating at residence or in vacation cottages within the countryside, and never being examined.
Reuters reported earlier this month {that a} reported sharp enhance in pneumonia circumstances in Moscow and contradictory data across the challenge was fuelling fears concerning the accuracy of official coronavirus knowledge which stays a lot decrease than many European nations.
Russia has taken a raft of measures to attempt to restrict the unfold of the virus, together with partially closing its 4,300 km (2,670 mile) border with China and banning the entry of all overseas nationals.
The Russian authorities on Tuesday informed regional authorities to shut nightclubs and cinemas. Residents aged over 65 have additionally been requested to stay at residence to restrict their publicity to the virus.
(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov and Alexander Marrow Modifying by Andrew Osborn)
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