New mortality data from Saint Petersburg, Russia, has renewed questions about whether Russia’s real death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is significantly higher than authorities’ official count.
ABC News: New data suggests Russia’s coronavirus deaths are higher than official count
Two nurses wearing protective gears carry a patient at the Botkin hospital for infectious diseases, Saint Petersburg's main coronavirus treatment centre and one of the largest infection facilities in the country, on June 3, 2020 as the country adopts measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19, (the novel coronavirus).
