Almost 5,000 people have contracted COVID-19 in the last week in a Russian region bordering North Korea, posing problems for plans to restart long-stalled cross-border trade, according to NK News analysis.
Cases rose for 11 days straight through Thursday in the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia at a rate of over 600 people per day this week, data from the Russian health ministry shows, though they dropped slightly on Friday.
Almost 5,000 people have contracted COVID-19 in the last week in a Russian region bordering North Korea, posing problems for plans to restart long-stalled cross-border trade, according to NK News analysis.
Cases rose for 11 days straight through Thursday in the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia at a rate of over 600 people per day this week, data from the Russian health ministry shows, though they dropped slightly on Friday.
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