In the past day, 34,303 new infections and 997 deaths from the Covid-19 virus disease were registered in Russia.
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On Saturday, 1,002 deaths were reported the previous day – the first time the number of deaths exceeded 1,000 a day – and 33,208 new infections.
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Vaccination rates in the country are still very low – so far just over 30% of the country’s population is fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus, and the situation was also declared unacceptable by the Kremlin, which at the same time refrained from imposing stricter restrictions on Covid-19 on the pretext that “the economy must continue to function”.
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In several regions, however, the introduction of QR codes confirming immunization to visit public places has been introduced, and
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Health Minister Mikhail Murashko acknowledged that the spread of the disease could be explained by “population behavior and low vaccination rates”.
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The authorities also claim that the Russian health care system is not overburdened and is still able to cope.
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