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Newshour: 12/05/2020 13:06 GMT: Coronavirus: Russia has second-highest number of confirmed infections after the US

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12/05/2020 13:06 GMT

12/05/2020 13:06 GMT: Coronavirus: Russia has second-highest number of confirmed infections after the US

Coronavirus: Russia has second-highest number of confirmed infections after the US

BBC World Service - Newshour, Coronavirus: Russia has second-highest number of confirmed infections after the US

Dimitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Putin, says he tested positive.

Russia has confirmed more than 232,000 cases of coronavirus - the second highest toll in the world. Also, in St Petersburg, five people have died and 150 evacuated after a blaze. Early reports suggested the fire was caused by an overheated ventilator.

Also in the programme: senior US health adviser Dr Anthony Fauci warns states against re-opening too soon and risking new outbreaks. We speak to Pulitzer Prize winning author Laurie Garrett about how the US has handled the crisis; and covid-19 has increased deprivation and stigmatisation Roma people in Europe, the continent’s largest minority.

(Picture: St Petersburg resident. Credit: Getty)

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