Russian lawmakers have given their initial approval for legislation that allows Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to declare a state of emergency as the country recorded a 27 percent jump in confirmed coronavirus cases, its biggest single-day increase so far.
RFE/RL: Russian COVID-19 cases jump as Duma OKs state-of-emergency bill
People wearing face masks queue by a Russia's human wellbeing agency Rospotrebnadzor's mobile screening centre for the COVID-19 coronavirus disease at Saint Petersburg's Pulkovo airport on March 23, 2020.
