Russian Military Preparing To Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic

President Vladimir Putin has ordered an inspection on March 25-28 into the troops’ readiness for a mass infection. Olga Smolskaya / TASS

Moscow Times: How is the Russian Military Fighting the Coronavirus?

Russia’s Armed Forces have announced steps to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic as cases continue to rise and medics warn of the disease’s potentially “explosive” spread.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered an inspection on March 25-28 into the troops’ readiness for a mass infection. The number of Covid-19 cases in Russia has quadrupled over the past week, surpassing 1,000 as of Friday.

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WNU Editor: The Russian military will be focused on staying healthy and being prepared to respond if this pandemic gets out of control. And while Russian news organizations are touting the military drills and exercises that the Russian military are going through right now .... TASS (Military and Defense). The Russian military is actually pulling back from conducting large scale exercises .... Russia Halts War Games on NATO Borders to Fight Coronavirus (Bloomberg).

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