The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has postponed a parade commemorating the end of world war II, due to the growth of the infected against the background of the pandemic coronavirus.
Russians annually gather on red square on may 9 to, as they say, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the red Army’s victory over the Nazis.
According to the National Museum of world war II, the Soviet Union, which in 1991 broke up into Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and some other countries, has lost 24 million of their citizens in trying to defeat Hitler. This is about three times more than the casualties suffered by Germany.
«For the parade may 9, it must begin right now, but the risks associated with the epidemic, the peak of which failed, is still very high, and it does not give me the right to start now preparing for the parade and other events,» said Putin.
Russia reported a surprisingly low number of cases of coronavirus in March, when Putin said that the situation is «under control». About a month ago there was only one death. Currently, the Johns Hopkins University reports that more than 32 000 Russians were infected with the virus, and 271 people died.
Putin’s government has approved the treatment of patients controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine with. President trump also advocated the use of drugs prescription. Doctors in the US have expressed mixed feelings about the potential medications that may include side effects, dangerous for patients with heart problems.
