Putin compared the number of deaths from the pandemic with the losses in the First world war

He noted that more than 4.9 million people have already died from the coronavirus in the world.

“These terrible figures are comparable and even exceed the military losses of the main participants in the First World War,” Putin said.

Earlier, Putin said that now it is necessary to bring down the peak of a new wave of the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

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