Almost 500 physicians infected with COVID-19 died in Russia, TASS reported referring to Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Healthcare Alla Samoilova.
"Today we consider that the epidemic has not yet ended. More than half a million people in Russia are really ill, and unfortunately more than 7,500 people have died to date <...> 489 [people] are medical staff. So, unfortunately, we have lost nearly 500 people, who are our colleagues," the healthcare watchdog’s chief told a briefing.

















