Russia’s epidemic soars to third in the world, nurses have nowhere to treat infections

 

According to Reuters calculations based on official Russian statistics in October, the number of deaths from the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Russia surpassed India in October, reaching at least 578,000, ranking third in the world, and the United States, which had 787,000 deaths, ranked first. , The second place is Brazil, where 615,000 people died.

Data released by the Russian National Bureau of Statistics on Friday showed that at least 74,893 people died from the new crown epidemic or related causes in October, exceeding the previous peak of 51044 people in July.

Russian authorities say this surge was driven by delta and lower vaccination rates after the start of the new school year. Despite repeated appeals by Russian President Vladimir Putin, many people do not want to believe the Russian-made “Sputnik 5″ vaccine.

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In early November, in order to curb the spread of the virus, workplaces across Russia were closed for a week. Data on December 3 showed that in 24 hours, the country reported 32,930 new cases and 1,217 deaths. Both figures are lower than the peak in November, but still high.

Russia has not yet reported a case of the Omi Keron variant, and Putin has asked the government to develop an action plan to combat the virus.

Reuters calculations show that, on a per capita basis, the death rate from the new crown epidemic in Russia is close to 400 per 100,000 people, which is worse than the much more populous United States and Brazil.
Some epidemiologists say that measuring the additional mortality is a meaningful way to assess the true impact of the epidemic. Reuters calculations based on the latest data from the Russian National Bureau of Statistics show that since the outbreak of the epidemic to the end of October, Russia has recorded an additional death toll of approximately 725,000, while the average death rate from 2015 to 2019 was 725,000.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, public data has shown that Russia has infected 9.83 million people. With the arrival of winter, the epidemic has once again been pushed to its peak, which has also caused the Russian medical system to be overwhelmed and basically paralyzed.

Recently, 7 hospitals have rejected patients with new crowns. There is an infected nursery nurse in a mountainous area in Russia. She dialed 120 when she felt unwell, but only four days later did she find a free bed in the hospital.

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She said that she was pulled into an ambulance and went to several hospitals, but the hospitals refused to accept her because the hospital had no extra beds. In desperation, she had to go home by herself.

When the media interviewed the nurse, she said that she seemed to have gone through a prison trip. She was confirmed by the doctor to be infected with the new crown, but she was rejected when she applied for hospitalization. It was not until her experience made the local news headlines that she was lucky enough to be accepted by a hospital. Admitted.
It is reported that 81% of hospital beds in Russia are saturated. The corridors of many hospitals are full of patients with new crowns. The bodies of dead patients are piled in black bags in morgues. In the medicine collection area of ​​the hospital, the words “Insufficient Drug Stores” were even posted.

According to reports, the number of infections in Russia is still increasing, and the situation will become more serious if it is not effectively controlled.


Post time: Dec-10-2021