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Evening Coronavirus
How Sergei Sobyanin fought the pandemic - and quarreled with Putin. Aeroflot carries passengers across closed borders. The European Union recommended to approve a cure for covid
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Pulse
Russia has the lowest death rate from coronavirus since May 25: 92 people died per day . For all the time since the beginning of the pandemic - 8605 people. During the day, 7113 new cases of COVID-19 were detected - 63 less than yesterday. In total, there are 613,994 infected people in the country. During the day, 6342 patients with covid recovered. For all time - 375,164 people.
Petersburg dismissed the case against a patient who escaped quarantine in March. This was the first case of violation of quarantine conditions in Russia.
Data on Russia in the form of a map and a table . We update them every day.
The World Health Organization said that the world lacks compressed oxygen generating machines that are needed by patients with coronavirus. Demand exceeds supply and many countries cannot buy them. Also, according to WHO, in 30 European countries, for the first time in several months, there was a surge in cases - as soon as countries began to ease restrictions.
The European Medicines Agency has recommended approval of the antiviral drug remdesivir for the treatment of covid - but only in cases where the patient needs oxygen. Remdesivir has not yet been registered in Russia. The Eiffel Tower in Paris was opened to visitors three months later, but so far you can only climb the stairs. And in a mask.
News that may affect you directly
Voting on amendments to the Constitution has begun in Russia (despite the pandemic) . It will run until July 1st. We have begun to chronicle and will be reporting on the voting process throughout the week. Everyone in the area is wearing masks. Some of the sites look strange: they offer to vote in the trunk, on a stump, in a tent and on a playground. But in general, everything is according to the law .
Aeroflot has resumed passenger flights abroad despite bans and closed borders . Flights have been carried out under the guise of cargo at least since the beginning of summer. From Moscow you can fly, for example, to Frankfurt am Main, Paris, London and New York. Tickets can only be purchased by EU citizens or Russians with a residence permit.
What else
We tell how Sergei Sobyanin fought the pandemic - and because of this he quarreled with Vladimir Putin . The mayor of Moscow initially advocated the most severe restrictions (up to the introduction of troops) and feared that events would unfold like in Italy. The work of the mayor's office turned out to be inconsistent - because of this, problems arose with the Social Monitoring application, and long queues formed in the metro. The conflict with Putin occurred because Sobyanin did not want to remove the restrictions, and Putin wanted to open the economy as soon as possible.
Yandex's losses in the second quarter of 2020 will amount to 4.5 billion rubles . During the same period a year earlier, the company earned 3.4 billion rubles. Due to the pandemic, Yandex's advertising revenue and the direction of carsharing suffered . But the revenue of Yandex.Taxi increased.
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