Russia admits to world's third-worst COVID death toll
The Philippine Star|December 30, 2020
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said on Monday that its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third-largest number of fatalities.
Russia admits to world's third-worst COVID death toll

Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Panteleimon (right) looks at a patient with coronavirus as his assistant comforts her at a hospital in Moscow on Monday. AP

For months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about Russia’s low fatality rate from the virus, saying earlier this month that it had done a better job at managing the pandemic than western countries.

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