Putin says coronavirus epidemic keeps spreading, but Russia managed to contain it
The coronavirus epidemic continues to spread, but Russia’s preventive measures have contained it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, TASS news agency reported.
"The situation is still challenging, and unfortunately, the epidemic spread continues and the number of citizens, who contract the coronavirus, is on the rise," the source cited Putin telling a meeting to discuss the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Russia.
The Russian leader noted that the growth was seen "not only in Moscow, which was the first to face this threat, but also in other regions." "Due to preventive measures we still managed to slow down and contain this process, but unfortunately the infection, even its single cases, has been registered in all 85 regions."
Putin stressed that the scenario of the coronavirus spread had been predicted and Russia had prepared for it.