MOSCOW: Russia is reporting a record daily count of new coronavirus infections of 180,071, a ten-fold spike from a month ago as the highly infectious Omicron variant spreads through the country.
The figure released by the state coronavirus task force on Sunday was nearly 2,800 higher than what was recorded the previous day and continued to rise that began in mid-January, when daily new cases stood at around 17,000.
Although the number of infections has increased dramatically in recent weeks, the task force reported that the daily death toll COVID-19 There is a steady or slight decline: 661 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, compared to 796 on 6 January.
For the entire course of the pandemic, the task force has reported 12.8 million infections and 335,414 deaths.
President Vladimir Putin Said last week that his government was considering easing some coronavirus restrictions despite rising infections.
Putin told Russia’s top trade union that officials were not planning any lockdowns or other additional restrictions because of the boom. In addition, the government is considering lifting restrictions for people who come in contact with COVID-19 patients.
Existing rules state that people in that situation should self-isolate for seven days.
Facing the biggest virus surge ever, Russian officials have generally resisted imposing any major restrictions and have repeatedly rejected the idea of introducing lockdowns.
Russia only had a one, six-week lockdown in 2020, and in October 2021 many people were also ordered off work for almost a week. But other than that, life remained largely normal in most parts of the country, even as the mask mandate was implemented loosely.
In recent weeks, a growing number of Russian regions have begun imposing restrictions for people under the age of 18, as officials noted that the current boom affects children much more than the previous ones. In many regions, schools have either switched to distance learning or extended the holidays for students.
In St. PetersburgIn Russia’s second largest city, minors are temporarily barred from most public places.
Russia started vaccinating children aged 12-17 just last month with domestically grown children sputnik m jbiwhich is similar to Artificial satellite V but it contains a small dosage. According to media reports and social media users, only a small amount of vaccine has been made available for teenagers.
Only half of Russia’s 146 million population has been vaccinated so far, even though the country was the first country in the world to roll out COVID-19 shots.
The figure released by the state coronavirus task force on Sunday was nearly 2,800 higher than what was recorded the previous day and continued to rise that began in mid-January, when daily new cases stood at around 17,000.
Although the number of infections has increased dramatically in recent weeks, the task force reported that the daily death toll COVID-19 There is a steady or slight decline: 661 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, compared to 796 on 6 January.
For the entire course of the pandemic, the task force has reported 12.8 million infections and 335,414 deaths.
President Vladimir Putin Said last week that his government was considering easing some coronavirus restrictions despite rising infections.
Putin told Russia’s top trade union that officials were not planning any lockdowns or other additional restrictions because of the boom. In addition, the government is considering lifting restrictions for people who come in contact with COVID-19 patients.
Existing rules state that people in that situation should self-isolate for seven days.
Facing the biggest virus surge ever, Russian officials have generally resisted imposing any major restrictions and have repeatedly rejected the idea of introducing lockdowns.
Russia only had a one, six-week lockdown in 2020, and in October 2021 many people were also ordered off work for almost a week. But other than that, life remained largely normal in most parts of the country, even as the mask mandate was implemented loosely.
In recent weeks, a growing number of Russian regions have begun imposing restrictions for people under the age of 18, as officials noted that the current boom affects children much more than the previous ones. In many regions, schools have either switched to distance learning or extended the holidays for students.
In St. PetersburgIn Russia’s second largest city, minors are temporarily barred from most public places.
Russia started vaccinating children aged 12-17 just last month with domestically grown children sputnik m jbiwhich is similar to Artificial satellite V but it contains a small dosage. According to media reports and social media users, only a small amount of vaccine has been made available for teenagers.
Only half of Russia’s 146 million population has been vaccinated so far, even though the country was the first country in the world to roll out COVID-19 shots.
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