Russia reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths Saturday for the fifth straight day as the country prepares for a week-long workplace shutdown and the reimposition of a partial lockdown in next week.
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Voice of America: Russia reports record number of COVID deaths for 5th straight day
Alexander Shakotko, who heads up the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU), speaks during an interview with AFP in the intensive care unit for Covid-19 coronavirus patients in the Moscow Sklifosovsky emergency hospital in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2021.
