Coronavirus News: Coronavirus has spread its horror worldwide. Governments of all countries have called upon people to stay indoors. Meanwhile, more than 11 thousand people have died due to COVID-19 worldwide, and more than 2.16 lakh people are infected with this virus.
However, in Russia, there are only 147 confirmed cases out of more than 116,000 tests of COVID-19 in a population of about 145 million, and not a single death due to the virus.
Although Russia’s capital is on “high-alert” with strict policies, Moscow has so far avoided imposing a national emergency, as has been done throughout Europe. The city has said that a person ignoring the quarantine requirements could face up to five years in prison.
Authorities have used Moscow’s extensive Facial-Recognition Network to monitor people under quarantine. Even people who throw garbage outside the house have been fined.
Alexander Gbiewe, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, said the government now understands that the transition could escalate rapidly. We are employed to try new measures and implement things quickly. The main concern is that the medical system does not have the capacity to deal with the ups and downs in cases.
On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin visited a new coronavirus information center in Moscow. High-tech resources, including surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence, are being used together to monitor the spread of the disease on social media, and quarantine can be implemented properly.
In addition empty supermarket shelves are being identified, which have recently been emptied in major cities as Russians have started to fill the items of need indoors. After the visit, Putin said that he had taken stock of the situation being under control in the country.
Gbiewe of the Carnegie Moscow Center said that the government knows that people do not have much savings and the business operates on monthly cash flows.
The concern is how to do proper quarantine and not cause massive economic disruption in the process. In terms of the management of the virus, the Russian government responded quickly in late 2019 and early 2020 by closing its 2,600-mile border with China and limiting flights between the two countries.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Soblin also implemented a series of controversial policies targeting the Chinese community, such as raids at work sites with Chinese laborers and drivers of city buses informing drivers about Chinese-looking citizens Been asked for Sergey was recently appointed by Putin into a coronovirus task force.
The Chinese embassy in Moscow rebuked the measures and complained directly to the Kremlin.
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