COVID-19 pandemic in Russia

COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
10,000+ 5,000–10,000 2,000–5,000	1,000–2,000 500–1,000 200–500
100,000+ 10,000–99,999	1,000–9,999 100–999
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Russia
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Tyumen and Chita
Arrival date	31 January 2020
Confirmed cases	2,162,503[1][2]
Recovered	1,660,419[1][2]
Deaths	37,538[1][2]
Government website
	стопкоронавирус.рф

The COVID-19 pandemic spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Tyumen, Siberia and Chita, Russian Far East tested positive for the virus, with both cases being contained.

Measures

Early prevention measures happened within the first cases. They included restricting the border with China and large testing. The infection spread from Italy on 2 March, leading to more measures such as cancelling events, closing schools, theatres and museums, shutting the border, and declaring a non-working period which lasted up to 11 May, having been extended twice.

Cases

By the end of March, lockdowns were added in the large majority of federal subjects, including Moscow. By 17 April, cases were confirmed in all federal areas. On 27 April, the number of confirmed cases passed those in China and on 30 April, it passed 100,000.

As of 14 May, Russia has 252,245 confirmed cases, 53,530 recoveries, 2,305 deaths, and over 6.1 million tests performed, ranking second in number of confirmed cases. The city of Moscow is currently the most affected, having the majority of confirmed cases.

References

"Оперативные данные" [Operational data]. Стопкоронавирус.рф (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Коронавирус – симптомы, признаки, общая информация, ответы на вопросы — Минздрав России" (in Russian). Ministry of Health (Russia). Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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[Rus_Taskforce-1] "Оперативные данные" [Operational data]. Стопкоронавирус.рф (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[Ministry-2] "Коронавирус – симптомы, признаки, общая информация, ответы на вопросы — Минздрав России" (in Russian). Ministry of Health (Russia). Retrieved 19 April 2020.