Russia recorded a record of deaths from covid-19

Russia reported 828 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic and the second consecutive day in which the country registers a peak of cases due to the spread of the Delta variant, a slow vaccination campaign and the lack of containment measures.

The city of Moscow, the epicenter of the pandemic in Russia, recognized the arrival of a second wave of the Delta variant after the one experienced at the beginning of the summer, with a 24 percent increase in infections and 15 percent in hospitalizations in one week. This Friday the number of new infections exceeded 21,000.

The outbreak reached the Kremlin, where the president Vladimir Putin, has been isolated since the beginning of last week after positive cases of covid-19 were detected in his environment.

Health and distancing measures are poorly respected in the country. Although the chinstrap is mandatory, it is rarely used in public spaces. While vaccination progresses slowly despite the production of several local drugs. Only 28.4 percent of the population completed the vaccination schedule.

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