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global1

(25,242 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:18 PM Mar 2022

Haven't Heard Much About This - But What Is The Covid Situation In Ukraine & Russia?.....

Haven't heard about any numbers of cases; hospitalizations or deaths in Ukraine.

The mass movement of refugee's into neighboring countries - what are those countries doing to minimize Covid related problems?

What's the situation with respect to vaccines?

Don't really see people wearing masks.

I know absolutely nothing about Russia and Covid.

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Haven't Heard Much About This - But What Is The Covid Situation In Ukraine & Russia?..... (Original Post) global1 Mar 2022 OP
Been thinking the same thing! cilla4progress Mar 2022 #1
See Russia's Covid Mortality Terry_M Mar 2022 #2
Yes Almost a Million Excess Deaths as of January 2022 Stallion Mar 2022 #3
Read today Ukrainian people recently received the vaccines and only 20-28% vaxed FloridaBlues Mar 2022 #4
Eastern Europe has low vaccination rates. milestogo Mar 2022 #5
Ukraine hasn't been counting since the invasion began. TheProle Mar 2022 #7
In earlier videos and pictures... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #6

Terry_M

(745 posts)
2. See Russia's Covid Mortality
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:23 PM
Mar 2022

They count deaths differently. Like if you had Covid and something else they attribute to the other thing, while in the US we have attributed to Covid.
But if you unpack their total 'excess deaths' - they had more deaths than the US but have less than half the population. Thus, most of their population probably had one variant or another by now. I don't know about Ukraine but it could be similar.

Stallion

(6,474 posts)
3. Yes Almost a Million Excess Deaths as of January 2022
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:34 PM
Mar 2022

on only about 1/3 of actual deaths according to World-o-meters as of today-356,949. That's an outrageous discrepancy


https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/28/russias-pandemic-excess-death-toll-almost-1m-a76194

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
4. Read today Ukrainian people recently received the vaccines and only 20-28% vaxed
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:11 PM
Mar 2022

This will cause another issue for the entire region and countries. I’m taking that number I heard with a grain of salt, tho hope it’s much higher

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
5. Eastern Europe has low vaccination rates.
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:16 PM
Mar 2022

Ukraine is around 35%.

At this point I doubt that anyone is getting tested or vaccinated. That doesn't mean there isn't any Covid.

2naSalit

(86,571 posts)
6. In earlier videos and pictures...
Tue Mar 8, 2022, 02:07 AM
Mar 2022

That I saw last week there were lots of people wearing masks. At this point, since things have declined considerably, I can imagine masks might be hard to find if available at all by now.

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