A couple wearing face masks cross the street in front of the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, with Russia only reporting a few hundred virus cases. The highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus can cause mild symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
March 24, 2020
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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.