FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists place the body of a person who died at the ICU unit for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in a bag at a local hospital in the town of Kalach-on-Don in Volgograd Region, Russia. REUTERS
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus ride a a subway car in an underground in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia have reached an all-time high and authorities are blaming the highly contagious omicron variant, which they expect to soon dominate the country’s outbreak. Record numbers of new cases were reported in Moscow and in St. Petersburg, where health officials on Friday limited elective outpatient care.(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
FILE PHOTO: A member of the medical personnel wearing a full protective suit works in the intensive care unit at Maastricht UMC+ Hospital, where patients suffering from the COVID-19 are treated, in Maastricht, Netherlands. REUTERS
