Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help.
Russia has seen new coronavirus cases swell in recent weeks. Authorities reported 16,202 new infections on Wednesday, and 346 deaths, the highest tally recorded yet.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered assistance to be sent to the Kurgan region, around 1,970 kilometres east of Moscow, the ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
“A team of military medical…
