Coronavirus was brought into Russia at least 67 times

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) A research team from HSE University and SkolTech, together with experts from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza in St. Petersburg and the RAS Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IITP), discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus independently entered Russia at least 67 times, mostly at the end of February and beginning of March 2020. The article 'Genomic epidemiology of the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Russia' was published inNature Communications.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news