COVID 19 | THE LATEST NEWS | 12 JUNE

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Russia says search for a 

coronavirus treatment 

should'nt be a medical 

‘arms race’.

— The first batch of Avifavir, the drug Russia approved to treat coronavirus patients, has been delivered to some Russian hospitals.

— At least 10 Russian cities have further postponed a landmark military parade meant to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II because of coronavirus fears, the Znak.com news website reported.

— The head of the World Health Organization's emergencies program has questioned Russia's low coronavirus death rate, saying it is "unusual that the number of deaths relative to the number of confirmed cases is very low."

— The Kremlin doesn't view Russia's coronavirus mortality data as unusual and Rospotrebnadzor is ready to explain its numbers to the WHO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

— Discrepancies in Russia's coronavirus mortality data are caused by the fact that Moscow authorities haven't sent the city's final numbers to the federal headquarters, the RBC news website reported.

— Russian Railways will resume regular service of its Sapsan high-speed trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg starting June 24.

— More than 17% of Moscow residents have coronavirus antibodies, deputy mayor Anastasia Rakova said.

— Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg has a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients, the Fontanka news website reported as patients decried poor conditions at a hastily built temporary hospital.