As of April 15, Russia had more than 20,000 confirmed cases, reaching 21,102 (in fact, this data is updated on the 14th, not the latest data. If calculated based on the increase of 2,774 yesterday, the total of today should have reached 23,876), with an increase of 2,774 cases from the previous day. This data has surpassed the epidemic-related major countries such as Germany and Iran, and has ranked seventh in the global new confirmed cases for two consecutive days. If it was just said that the outbreak of the epidemic was possible, then Russia can now be identified as one of the important epidemic countries in the world.
Let’s look at the daily new data. Since April 7, more than 1,000 new cases have been added for 8 consecutive days; since April 12, more than 2,000 cases have been added for three consecutive days, and it is higher and higher day by day. This can also be seen from Russia’s input to the domestic epidemic. In just a few days, the number of confirmed cases from Russia has exceeded 500. Among them, more than 61 passengers on the SU208 flight to Shanghai have been confirmed. These are Chinese businessmen. They are not as free as Westerners. They usually protect themselves, but the diagnosis rate is still so high. This shows how severe the epidemic in Russia is, which may be worse than the data we see.
Regarding the epidemic in Russia, Yu Fan once analyzed in the previous article that there are three main reasons: First, the response to the epidemic imported from Europe was too slow; second, President Putin announced that he would block the spread of the epidemic by giving paid leave across the country, but citizens regarded it as a golden holiday and went on vacation in groups; third, the test did not keep up, resulting in the confirmed cases not being truly isolated immediately; everyone has cleared the reasons. So I won't go into details here. Let's take a look at what epidemic news in Russia worthy of attention in the past two days:
- Recently, the Washington Post also pointed out that since January this year, the number of patients with ordinary pneumonia in Moscow has increased by 37% compared with the same period. Vasilyeva, the head of the Russian Doctors Alliance and an ally of the opposition leader Navalny, ally of Navalny, Vasilyeva (Anastasia) (Anastasia, the head of the Russian Doctors Alliance and the leader of the opposition party, ally of Navalny, the leader of the opposition party, was also a member of the ally of Navalny. Vasilyeva suspects that some of the growing number of pneumonia patients are actually COVID-19 patients. Since doctors treating common pneumonia will not take the strict protection required to treat patients with COVID-19, it may have caused internal infections in the hospital. However, Russian officials denied Vasilyeva's statement.
- On April 14, the Moscow Anti-epidemic Command reported: "In the next 10 days, another 24 hospitals in the city will be transferred to treat suspected patients with new coronavirus infection. In this way, the Moscow Health Bureau Hospital will have a total of about 21,000 beds for patients with new coronavirus infection."
- On April 13, Russian President Putin said at the epidemic video conference that Russia has more and more new cases and will play a decisive role in the next few weeks. Putin admitted that as far as the epidemic is concerned, Russia has many problems, "we have nothing to brag about, and there is no time to relax now." In addition, Putin also said that it is not ruled out that the army will be used to assist in the fight against the epidemic.
- On April 14, Russian Vice Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova pointed out that from April 14 to 16, it will be clear whether Russia has entered the epidemic stage or whether the number of infections continues to rise. Golikova said that the "platform period" of the epidemic in Russia may last for a long time. President Putin extended the holiday to April 30 with intention - two biweek cycles must be completed before "social isolation can be effective if strictly followed";
- On April 14, Vladimir Ulin, general manager of the Bolshoi Theater, stated that 34 employees of the Bolshoi Theater were diagnosed with the new coronavirus, including theater security and engineers, who had participated in the preparation of the "We Are Together" anti-epidemic party on April 11.
- On April 15, Moscow began to implement the pass system. Russia's Moscow Mayor Sobiyanin previously stated that Russia's epidemic prevention and control is escalating and will implement the pass system in Moscow. Passes will be issued from the 13th, and citizens must carry a pass QR code when traveling on public transportation or using personal transportation from the 15th.
