China News Service, June 19-According to Agence France-Presse, affected by the new crown variant virus, the epidemic in the Russian capital Moscow showed signs of rebound.
On the 19th local time, the Russian government notified that Moscow had recorded 9,120 cases of new crown infections within 24 hours, setting a new high in a single day for the second consecutive day.
Data map: On December 5, 2020, local time, a man was vaccinated against the new crown in Moscow, Russia.
The Russian government's epidemic statistics show that the number of new crown cases in Moscow on the 19th surpassed the 9,056 cases the day before, and there were only about 3,000 new cases every day two weeks ago.
According to reports, the surge in cases was triggered by the Delta new coronavirus variant that was first discovered in India.
On the 18th, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated that cases of infection with the Delta variant virus accounted for nearly 90% of the newly confirmed cases.
Moscow Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova said in a statement that in response to the surge in patients, the city will expand the number of hospital beds from 17,000 to 24,000 in the next two weeks.
Moscow is the hardest hit area of the Russian epidemic. The new cases on the 19th accounted for more than half of the country's new cases.
Since the beginning of the new crown virus pandemic, a total of approximately 5.3 million new crown cases have been confirmed in Russia.
In response to the rebound of the epidemic, Moscow has re-implemented a series of epidemic prevention measures, including banning large-scale public events and closing cafes and restaurants at night.
Sobyanin has ordered people who work in Moscow's service industry to be vaccinated against the new crown.