Russia has only 45 cases of Coronavirus

[orangecrush]

(Reuters) - Russia will limit passenger flights to and from the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, starting on March 16, except for flights through Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the authorities said on Friday.

Flights from Moscow to the capitals of European states, however, will not be affected, they said.

Russia, which has so far recorded 45 cases of the virus, said earlier this week that it would suspend most flights to and from Italy, Germany, France and Spain over the coronavirus."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2102U8


As the economies and institutions of China, Europe, and the U.S. begin to crack under the strain.

Just sayin'.

[underpants]

1. Uh huh

I trust reports from Russia like I trust the numbers from China

[redstatebluegirl]

5. I trust Putin's government as much as I trust Trump's.

[Newest Reality]

27. Yup!

Those numbers probably reflect the power of Putin's huge propaganda machine, if anything, which is rather similar now to that mobster guy who says he is President here.

Putin has a powerful oligarchy going from what I can see. It is something that the obese guy in the bright red hat a full Depends really wants to emulate.

We won't probably know about Russia's real numbers for a long time or when they are overwhelmed to a point it can't be ignored, like full hospitals and lots of dead.

[hlthe2b]

2. I believe Russia has 45 cases about as much as I believe they fully contained Chernobyl years ago.

I will say that a despotic regime has more capacity to control, albeit with horrendously authoritarian measures, but I still don't believe they are experiencing so little spread.

[bluedigger]

3. Russia has only identified 45 cases of Coronavirus

Fixed it for you.

[beachbumbob]

4. they did that by tarot cards

[defacto7]

13. How about, only reported?

[Hotler]

6. Reported. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. So they say. I believe Putin about like I believe his BFF Trump.

[doc03]

33. I think even Putin has more credibility than Trump. nt

[Ohiogal]

8. Do they line them up and shoot them?

[highplainsdem]

9. One of the last countries whose health statistics I'd trust.

[BusyBeingBest]

10. Didn't Russia just have some sort of severe weapon explosion

or meltdown recently and nobody still knows what really happened over there? Why would anyone believe anything that country puts out? They're second to North Korea for misinformation.

[hunter]

11. Russia will likely suffer worse than Iran or Italy.

Reporting of the disaster will be suppressed.

Trump will be wishing he had similar coercive powers.

Alas, what news does leak out will be sensationalized.

Social media will be flooded with falsities.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Only 45 that they know of.

I have no doubt that they're in even worse shape than the US, as far as preparedness and testing ability go. As Malcolm Nance likes to say, Russia is a trailer park with nukes.

[dalton99a]

14. It's 63 cases as of today

March 15

— Russia registered four more cases of coronavirus, Interfax reported, bringing the total number of infections to 63.

— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin denied that the authorities are downplaying the numbers of coronavirus patients in the capital.

— The Russian protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor confirmed the first community transmission of the coronavirus in Russia, RBC reported on Sunday, but this information was later removed from Rospotrebnadzor's statement.

— Rospotrebnadzor also said it ran just over 104,000 coronavirus tests since the start of the outbreak while 14,742 people are currently being monitored for coronavirus.

— A Russian Orthodox Church spokesperson said it will not be closing churches or canceling religious proceedings.

— Russian Railways announced it would stop international passenger trains from Moscow to Berlin and Paris. Earlier it was announced that train connections to and from Ukraine, Moldova and Latvia will be suspended.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-march-15-a69117

[doc03]

34. They will put them in quaritine in Siberia. nt

[kairos12]

15. They probably left off some zeros.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. At Least One

If they had said zero, everybody in the world would know it was a lie.
So, they toss out a small number and at least their own citizens might buy it for a while.
Like you, I don't buy it.

[librechik]

16. It's true. NOBODY wants to live in Russia, not even the lowest most despicable slime.

[clutterbox1830]

17. and Myanmar and North Korea reported 0 cases.

*cough*

[totodeinhere]

18. Even if true the number will almost certainly increase. Different parts of the world will hit peak

infection rates at different times but it will eventually happen everywhere around the globe, including Russia.

[SlogginThroughIt]

19. Errrriiiiiiight...

I trust the numbers like I trust the numbers from the 2016 election.

[Shermann]

20. Russia's population density rank is 181

So this is plausible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density

I'm not sure where they are ranked in terms of international travel, but I have to believe that is low as well.

I don't want to live in Russia but now is the time to live like Russians.

[Midnight Writer]

21. Must be the vodka.

[orangecrush]

23. Which makes great hand sanitizer

When mixed with aloe vera gel!

[LisaL]

24. Somehow I really doubt Russians are making hand sanitizer with their vodka.

[orangecrush]

35. ...

[SKKY]

22. Um, sure.

[superpatriotman]

26. Turkey has 6

And shares a border with Iran

[2naSalit]

32. And a high density of refugees.

[Hortensis]

28. Yeah, well at 45 they'd be close to overwhelming hospital capacity.

Not literally, of course. But Russia's healthcare is very inadequate in most areas even in normal conditions.

[Newest Reality]

29. Well,

Putin, Trump and COVID-19 walk into a bar...

[Frances]

30. I guess we are still a democracy

Trump wanted to do the same thing Putin is doing and hasn’t gotten away with it

[Xolodno]

36. Not surprising actually.

Before IMPOTUS China ban, Russia had already sealed their land border with China some time earlier....and the same with Iran and Europe once their cases started to trend upwards.

Add to that, if someone was flying in from an infected country....automatic quarantine, if you liked it or not, tough shit.

So, they do have a handle on it, albeit via draconian measures.

[Coventina]

37. Riiiiight.

[Hekate]

38. Sure they do. All it takes is a dictatorship to control the news, and voila.

[HAB911]

39. Johns Hopkins is reporting they have 147 today

I'm still skeptical