In Russia, was 162 727 cases of infection with coronavirus. 501 061 patients recovered, 11 335 died. In first place for the number infected out of the United States of America, here the number of cases exceeded 3.1 million.
From observing citizens of the Russian Federation of security measures will depend on start of the second wave of the epidemic of coronavirus in the country or not. This is the opinion of the chief infectious diseases specialist of the Ministry of health Vladimir closets.
He pointed out that in some countries, the situation with the virus is extremely alarming. Such countries is the United States and India. Closets believes that a record number of infected caused by failure to follow simple measures to prevent respiratory infections.
the health Ministry urged to wear masks and frequently wash hands thoroughly, to observe social distance. The expert recalled that the effective isolation of the healthy population from the infected will slow down the epidemic and prevent a second wave of coronavirus.
In the U.S., according to recent reports, is the largest number of people infected COVID-19 -3,1 million people. In India, now identified over 849 thousand cases of infection.
Also, the international charity Oxfam has sounded the alarm: the pandemic may cause “hunger crisis”. Its experts argue that this could die more people than СOVID-19. Experts say that by the end of 2020, the lack of food can carry up to 12 thousand lives a day. In Oxfam recalled that, in the deadliest day of the pandemic, April 17, there were 8890 deaths.
