Russia is working on getting reciprocal medical aid from the United States after the country reported its lowest overnight rise in coronavirus cases since the start of May.
But Russia, whose tally of 290,678 cases is the second highest after the United States, said the situation remained difficult after officials reported 8,926 new infections.
This marked the third day in a row that the figure was below the 10,000 mark which it has been above for most of this month.
Meanwhile, Moscow is working on securing supplies of reciprocal medical aid from the United States to help it combat the coronavirus, Russia's Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov said.
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