Testing For Coronavirus In Moscow Proves A Bureaucratic Battle

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With 199 confirmed cases of COVID-19 out of a population of roughly 142 million, Russia might appear, at first glance, to be faring relatively well amidst the coronavirus pandemic. To date, only one death has occurred. Some 143,519 tests for the virus have been run to date. But in Moscow, which accounts for most of the infections, Current Time correspondent Timofei Rozhansky found that getting that test is far from straightforward.