MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th May, 2020) Over 9.7 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia since the beginning of the outbreak, and 300,000 people across the country are under medical monitoring as suspected carriers, the national public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Thursday.
"Over 9.7 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in the Russian Federation. As many as 300,000 people remain under medical monitoring," Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.
A total of 285,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the country in the past 24 hours, the watchdog specified.
