7 Die As Coronavirus Hits Roscosmos Russia’s Space Agency
May 7, 2020
7:41 am
Coronavirus has hit hard Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, with seven officials dead and 173 cases diagnosed.
The latest blow was the death of Yevgeny Mikrin, head of human spaceflight programme.
His death was announced on 5 May as cases of the virus ballooned in the country.
The number jumped Thursday with a record 11,231 cases.
This was the highest since the country started posting a successive over 10,000 cases from Sunday.
With 177, 160 cases, Russia is now the 4th worst-hit on the European continent, ahead of France and Germany.
About 1,625 have also died.
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