The cost of Russia’s low coronavirus mortality numbers

This past weekend, Russia was supplanted by Brazil as the nation with the second-largest number of coronavirus infections, after the United States. This was seen by some as a sign that Russia had made progress in its fight against the pandemic. The daily infection rate has fallen under 10,000 new cases and has remained there for more than 11 consecutive days. This has prompted officials to start talking about when and how restrictions should begin to be phased out. President Vladimir Putin…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3086039/cost-russias-low-coronavirus-mortality-numbers