Russia lost a record-breaking 1,100 lives to COVID-19. The data is grim: With only 37 percent of the population vaccinated, one out of every 10 COVID patients in the city of St. Petersburg has landed in an intensive care unit, battling for their life as infection rates and fatalities across the country spiral out of control. The crisis is so severe that last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a nationwide work-from-home order until Nov. 7, with authorities insisting that stringent restrictions are the only way to curb the spread of the virus.
