Russia: Five people die in fire at Kovid hospital

epa08370827 Russian police officers check identity cards (IDs) and passes of drivers and passengers in vehicles entering the city at a check point in Moscow, Russia, 18 April 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the current nationwide lockdown with stay-at-home orders until the end of April in a bid to slow down the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Five people died in a fire that broke out this morning in a hospital in St. Petersburg.

According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, five people died in the fire, and 150 were evacuated.

The hospital where the fire broke out is one of the facilities equipped to receive patients with Covid-19 in Russia.

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