April 29: 3 things you need to know today
Russia confirmed 5,841 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 99,399. Russia is now the eighth most-affected country in terms of infections, having surpassed China and Iran this week.

President Vladimir Putin has extended the national “non-working” month through May 11 as Russia continued to see sharp daily rises in new coronavirus infections in recent days. Moscow’s coronavirus lockdown has also been extended until May 11.

Moscow will start constructing temporary hospitals that will hold a total of 10,000 beds for coronavirus patients, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
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— Russia has extended its entry ban for foreigners, which was originally set to end May 1, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. The ban will be lifted when the coronavirus situation improves, he said.

— A group suspected of attempting to sell 100 counterfeit ventilators used to treat coronavirus patients have been detained after an armed confrontation outside Moscow, news outlets reported Wednesday.

April 28

— Russia confirmed 6,411 new coronavirus infections Tuesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 93,558 and marking a new one-day record increase.

— Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered the federal consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor to draft a coronavirus lockdown exit strategy for the country by Wednesday.

— More than 270 Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) workers have contracted the coronavirus, the Russian prison authority said. Its press service said that 40 inmates have tested positive for the virus nationwide.