The coronavirus has infected more than 4.82 million people globally, and killed at least 318,851 people as of Tuesday.
U.S. will send 200 ventilators to Russia as Russian coronavirus cases near 300,000
A woman wearing a protective mask holds flowers near a makeshift memorial for medics, who reportedly died in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region in the times of the coronavirus disease outbreak, in central Saint Petersburg, Russia April 28, 2020.7:26 am ET — The U.S. will start delivering 200 ventilators to Russia this week, the U.S. embassy in Moscow said, according to Reuters. It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly requested assistance from the U.S.
Russia now has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases after the U.S., with 299,941 confirmed cases of the virus. It has recorded 2,837 deaths, as of Tuesday. The first batch of 50 ventilators should be ready for shipment on Wednesday, while the remaining 150 will be ready shortly after, the embassy said in a statement, according to Reuters.
Russia had sent the U.S. ventilators in early April as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in New York, but the U.S. said it would not use the ventilators as the same model was linked to two fires in Russian hospitals.
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