Putin says coronavirus situation stabilizes in Russia

MOSCOW, May 22 (PRIME) -- The coronavirus situation is stabilizing in Russia, fewer new infection cases are detected, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting devoted to the epidemiological situation on Friday.

“According to the new objective data, according to experts’ assessments… the situation is stabilizing. In Moscow, which was the first to face the epidemic, and in the other regions we can see a fall in everyday dynamics of new infection cases. The positive dynamics are yet not as fast as we would like to, and they are still unstable, but we can see them,” he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova agreed and said that the number of new infection cases has fallen 22.5% over the past decade.

Russia’s medical system has weathered the coronavirus challenge, Golikova also said, adding that the dynamics are optimistic, but there is a lot of work ahead to contain the pandemic fully.

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