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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and the hospital's chief Denis Protsenko, right, walk in to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. During a visit to the Komunarka hospital on Moscow outskirts, Putin praised its doctors for high professionalism, saying they were working "like clockwork."  For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Russia ramps up measures against coronavirus as cases grow
March 24, 2020 10:54 a.m.

Russia ramps up measures against coronavirus as cases grow

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities acknowledged Tuesday that a low number of coronavirus cases in the country could be a result of insufficient screening and warned that the nation must brace for the worst.