The Kremlin on Friday blamed a surge in COVID-19 cases on reluctance to have vaccinations and 'nihilism' after a record 9,056 new infections in Moscow, mostly with the new Delta variant, fanned fears of a third wave.
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin on Friday blamed a surge in COVID-19 cases on reluctance to have vaccinations and "nihilism" after a record 9,056 new infections in Moscow, mostly with the new Delta variant, fanned fears of a third wave.
"According to the latest data, 89.3 per cent of Muscovites diagnosed with COVID-19 have the mutated, so-called Delta or Indian variant," the news agency TASS quoted Sobyanin as saying on state television.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was monitoring the situation closely.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, a member of the coronavirus task force, said in televised comments that 16.1 million Russians have been inoculated with both components of COVID-19 vaccines as of June 18. Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova said voting in this autumn's parliamentary election would be extended, largely because of the pandemic, to run over three days, from Sept. 17-19, rather than one, the Interfax news agency reported.
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