CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — McDonald's employees shot over coronavirus restrictions, police say. — China downgrades all areas to low-risk for COVID-19. — Russia reports record daily rise in COVID-19 cases.
Russia saw a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 11,231 new infections reported over the past 24 hours.
Cemetery workers wearing protective gear bury a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on May 6, 2020.Russia now has the world's second-fastest rate of new infections in the coronavirus pandemic, behind the United States. The National Health Commission said Thursday that just two new cases of COVID-19 had been reported on the Chinese mainland -- both of which were imported from abroad.
Some schools in China have begun gradually reopening and allowing pupils back into classrooms in recent weeks. Around 57,000 high school students returned to classrooms in Wuhan on Wednesday for the first time since the city -- ground zero of the pandemic -- was placed on lockdown on Jan. 23. All students must wear face masks and maintain social distancing.
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