MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin informed during a meeting with members of A Just Russia parliamentary faction that a new package of anti-crisis measures would be presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the next two days, head of the faction Sergei Mironov told reporters on Tuesday.
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"We have prepared a wide set of new anti-crisis measures for this meeting, I have voiced some of them during the session, with the full list handed over to the prime minister," Mironov said. "The list includes measures in four areas: citizen support, business, medicine and the country’s economy in the conditions of an epidemic. The prime minister stressed that the government is preparing its own package of measures in the same areas, which will be presented to the president in two days. Our initiatives will be considered and taken into account by the government."
Earlier on Tuesday, Mishustin informed during a video call with A Just Russia party members that the government is working on a new package of measures aimed to overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister noted that the measures would cover a wide set of issues, namely the support of citizens and businesses. The Russian government maintains constant contact with the Russian president, Mishustin said.
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus — named COVID-19 by the WHO — have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, roughly 1,350,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 74,000 deaths have been reported. That said, over 286,000 individuals have recovered from the illness across the globe.
To date, a total of 7,497 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 494 patients having recovered from the virus. Moscow accounts for the majority of cases (5,181). The country’s latest data indicates 58 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.