A World Health Organization
official says there is no need for Russia to implement a hard quarantine to
fight coronavirus after Moscow closed most of its border back in January.
The
WHO’s representative in Russia, Melita Vujnovic, said the country was “one step ahead” of other countries
in its battle against COVID-19.
“The measures that Russia has
been implementing from the very first day when the WHO received a notification
from China that there is a new virus, are wonderful, because this
is not just one measure, but a whole set of measures, which is being expanded,”
Vujnovic said at a press conference.
Russia
announced back on January 31st that it was closing most of its 4,200-kilometer
border with China and banning Chinese citizens from entering the country.
This occurred during the same time period
when western nations and the WHO insisted that they wouldn’t stop the
international flow of people despite the threat of a pandemic.
Although
Moscow has ordered nightclubs and cinemas to be closed, bars and restaurants
remain open and people are allowed to travel freely.
Russia has recorded 840 cases
of coronavirus so far with just three deaths. Compare that to Italy, which has
suffered over 75,000 cases and more than 7,500 fatalities.
Singapore, which despite its proximity
to China has recorded only 2 coronavirus deaths, also closed its border back in
January.
Virtually every European country has now imposed some kind of border
control, but for many it was too little too late.
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