Five COVID-19 patients killed in Russia hospital fire

In Russia today, Five coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who were in an intensive care unit were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in Vyborg district of St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday.

 

The fire broke out from a short-circuit in a ventilator and engulfed an area of 10 square meters, as reported by the Russian news agencies.

 

In total, about 150 patients and staff were evacuated from the Hospital named St. George City Hospital, the country's Ministry of Emergency Services said this.

It is not clear how many people have been injured so far.

Preliminary inquiries show that an electric equipment malfunction and short-circuit failure are among the factors behind the fire, this was according to the report from the emergency services.

 

On Monday, Russia became the third country in the World with the highest cases of Coronavirus after they reported more than 11,600 new cases of COVID-19.

In total, Russia now have more than 221,340 cases and over 2,009 deaths.