Putin expressed that Russia will be able to overcome the new crown epidemic

  Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, April 17 (Reporter Wu Gang) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 17th that Russia will certainly be able to overcome the new crown epidemic.

  According to the announcement issued by the Russian President's website on the 17th, Putin said that when he hosted the Russian medical and epidemic prevention meeting that day, Russia will definitely overcome the epidemic situation and go through this difficult period. He said that after the outbreak, the national health system in Russia will definitely become more effective, more robust, and more popular.

  Putin said that the number of confirmed cases in Moscow and other places is increasing, the risk brought by the new coronavirus is still very high, and the peak of the epidemic in Russia has not passed. The hospital that accepts and treats patients with new crowns should ensure sufficient medical personnel and medical equipment, and at the same time do a good job of the protection of medical personnel.

  Putin said that the Russian Ministry of Defense will build a number of sheltered hospitals by the 28th of this month, capable of providing 95,000 beds. Russian vaccine development work is being carried out, which is very important for every Russian.

  According to the latest data released by the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command on the 17th, in the past 24 hours, there have been 4,070 newly diagnosed new crown cases in Russia, with a total of 3,2008 confirmed cases; 41 new death cases and a total of 273 deaths; and 286 new cures Cases, a total of 2,590 cases were cured.