Russia Covid-19 Cases on Tuesday surpassed the one million mark in the country.
4,729 new cases was reported bringing the total number to 1,000,048 – the fourth highest in the world behind USA, Brazil and India.
Schools are also expected to reopen as President Vladimir Putin geared towards addressing some 17 million students and more than 1.5 million teachers.
Aside Russia Covid-19 Cases , schools across Europe are reopening, a worrying fact for most parents who feel the move could impact on the spread of the virus.
Russia has so far had 17,299 Covid-19 deaths, a relatively low figure compared to other countries that have been hit hard by the pandemic.
In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the country had the COVID-19 outbreak “under control”, as neighbours in Europe rushed to lockdown to stem the explosive spread of the virus.
Putin credited “prompt measures taken in advance in the first weeks of the development of a pandemic” for the apparent low infection rate, and large areas of the country continued life as normal.
As Russia Covid-19 Cases started to rise however, Russia joined other countries in imposing strict measures and closed its borders.
As of Tuesday, Russia has lifted most lockdown restrictions in the majority of the country’s regions.
Last month, the country became the first in the world to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for use.
The move was met with scepticism by Western experts due to lack of testing.
One of Putin’s daughters had already been vaccinated, the Russian president said last month
