Russia's daily COVID-19 cases surge to 5-month high
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A municipal employee wearing a protective suit disinfects a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

Municipal employees wearing protective suits disinfect a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

A municipal employee wearing a protective suit disinfects a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

A municipal employee wearing a protective suit disinfects a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

A municipal employee wearing a protective suit disinfects a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)