All news

Kremlin spokesman calls for getting prepared for global economic crisis

Coordinating anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed to overcome the developing economic crisis triggered among other things by the coronavirus, which will be felt further down the road, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov Vitaly Nevar/TASS
Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Coordinating anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed to overcome the developing economic crisis triggered among other things by the coronavirus pandemic, which will be felt further down the road, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday.

"We are fully aware that the global crisis that has been provoked by, among other causes, the coronavirus, will be felt further on. And we should get prepared for this crisis. And, naturally, coordinating actions for anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed," he said in an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on the Rossiya-1 television channel.

"A lot of work is going to be done," he added.

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. To date, more than 1.1 million people have been infected worldwide and over 60,000 deaths have been reported.

So far, a total of 5,389 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 355 patients having recovered from the virus. The country’s latest data indicates 45 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.