Following a strict but brief national lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic, Russia has held back on curbs hoping instead to protect its struggling economy.
MOSCOW, Russia– The Russian government on Saturday reported a record number of new coronavirus cases after the Kremlin warned of a looming surge in cases driven by the Omicron variant.
An online portal dedicated to the coronavirus outbreak registered 57,212 new daily cases, surging past the previous record set Friday of 49,513. In the capital Moscow — the epicentre of the virus outbreak in Russia — there was a record 16,094 new cases. Putin has previously said Russia’s eminent Sputnik V vaccine could be “more effective” than Western-developed jabs.
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