Russia has reported 71 new Coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the country's official confirmed number of cases to 438, according to the health ministry.
On his part, Moscow mayor Sergi Sobyanin said that starting from March 26, until April 14, Moscow residents aged 65 and more, as well as citizens suffering from chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, bronchial asthma, chronic renal disorder, oncological diseases, and those who have suffered a stroke or a heart attack) are obligated to stay at home, amid Coronavirus pandemic.
It is worth mentioning that, last week, Russia reported its first coronavirus death case for a 79-year-old woman, who died in an infectious disease hospital in Moscow of acute pneumonia and concomitant chronic diseases, according to the state’s health ministry.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
According to the organization, the number of COVID-19 infections outside China has doubled in the past two weeks, and the number of countries hit by the epidemic has tripled.
“We are very concerned to achieve the alarming levels of the outbreak and its severity, as well as the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Geneva.
More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease Covid-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
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