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The greatest morbidity remains in Moscow, which is the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Russia. A record number of new COVID-19 cases per day was also detected in the capital, 8,203, and 76 patients died.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia, 2,963,688 cases of COVID-19 have been analyzed, 53,096 people have died and 2,370,857 patients have been discharged from medical institutions.
Russia’s death rate is significantly lower than that of other countries affected by the pandemic, raising fears that authorities may conceal the true extent of the outbreak.
Data released by the Russian statistical office earlier this month showed that from March to October, nearly 165,000 people died in the country. more people compared to the same period of mortality in previous years. This suggests that the actual number of coronavirus victims may be significantly higher.
Record numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths were recorded after authorities said Russia did not need to issue a nationwide quarantine that was in effect in the spring after the pandemic began.
Last week, during a traditional press conference to review last year, President Vladimir Putin rejected the idea of introducing a strict universal quarantine during the holiday period, following the example of many European countries.
“If we follow the rules and requirements of health regulators, we will not need any quarantine,” Putin said.
Although severe restrictions have been imposed in some of the country’s major cities, the government in many regions has limited itself to requiring residents to wear masks in public places and stricter restrictions at gatherings.
Still, many Russians ignore the requirements of social distance and the use of masks. In recent weeks, many coronavirus outbreaks have been reported in poorly funded regional hospitals.
Rather than declare quarantine, Russia hopes to curb the pandemic with its COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V,” named after the Soviets’ first artificial ground satellite.
Moscow has already launched a large-scale vaccination campaign; Mainly high-risk people are vaccinated, including teachers and health and transport workers.
But Russians are not in a rush to get vaccinated yet.
Last week, health officials reported that since the beginning of December, Moscow, which has about 12 million. population, more than 12 thousand people were vaccinated. people.
According to a poll conducted Wednesday by the state public opinion research institute VCIOM, only 38 percent Russians plan to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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