Preoccupied with the war, Russia skipped one wave of covid and ignored another

The question of how Russia is doing in the ongoing pandemic is an opaque one. In February 2022 the first omicron wave hit Russia harder than any previous covid-19 wave: more than 200 000 cases were registered daily at its peak, up from 30 000 during the alpha wave in early 2021.On 24 February, the day the UK dropped its self-isolation restrictions, Russian troops started to bomb Ukrainian cities. All covid-19 issues in Russia were forgotten as the state turned exclusively to promoting the war.Since then, Europe has faced two more omicron waves. With the Russian government busy supporting its troops and soothing the population’s discontent, what became of Russia’s covid response? One major wave seems to have missed the country completely, while previous waves had hit as hard as in Europe, if not worse. As 2022 draws to a close, where does the Russian covid response go from here?The…
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