Vjezbe Engleski jezik VI - 15.04.2020 15:23
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TEXT FOR THIS WEEK:
April 15: 3 things you need to know today
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Russia confirmed 3,388 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 24,490 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases.
- Muscovites complained of large queues outside metro stations and severe traffic jams on the first day of the city’s mandatory digital lockdown passes, prompting concern that the coronavirus could spread further.
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Russian officials denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cut Washington’s funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov calling the move a “very selfish approach” and “very disturbing.”
More updates
— President Vladimir Putin will give his fourth address to the nation in as many weeks ahead of a meeting with members of the government at 3 p.m. Moscow time on Wednesday, the state-run TASS news agency cited the Kremlin as saying.
— Russian veterans' associations have asked Putin to postpone Russia's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, which is set for May 9, due to the coronavirus situation. This year's celebrations mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
— Russia's coronavirus information center will be headed by doctor and television presenter Alexander Myasnikov, BBC Russia reported. Myasnikov previously predicted that it would be "impossible" for the virus to spread to Russia.
— The Murmansk region will use electronic bracelets to monitor the movements of coronavirus patients self-isolating at home and people suspected of having the coronavirus, the investigative Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported.
— The head of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital has recovered from the virus two weeks after he tested positive.
April 14
— Russia confirmed 2,774 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 21,102 and marking a one-day record in new cases.
— Moscow could face a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks, the city's health department warned. It added that an additional 24 hospitals will be converted to accommodate coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of beds to 21,000. Moscow has 13,002 coronavirus cases as of Tuesday.
— Moscow rejected 900,000 applications for digital lockdown passes in the passes' first day of operation due to residents entering incorrect or inaccurate information, the city's coronavirus response center said. The city issued 3.2 million passes for residents to leave their homes on Monday.
— Nine doctors at a hospital in the Moscow region have been infected with coronavirus, the RBC news website reported Tuesday. Doctors there had complained that the hospital doesn't isolate patients suspected of having coronavirus and that there's a shortage of personal protective equipment.
— A lack of aid for Moscow’s small and medium businesses hit by the coronavirus lockdown will lead to mass starvation and widespread protests, opposition lawmakers reportedly warned Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
— A group of liberal Russian economists called on the government to send cash payments to the public in order to avoid an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus, the RBC news website reported.
— Moscow traffic police will start checking all cars entering the city for digital lockdown passes starting Wednesday.
able imports from China due to the spread of the coronavirus and logistical complications.
— State-run Russian Railways said it would halt passenger trains to China, including the Beijing-Moscow route.
Spomenka Nikolic
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