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Russia: Do Authorities Conceal Rate of Death Caused by Smog?

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Disaster, Health, RuNet Echo

Blogger molitva-i-post writes [1] [RUS] that Moscow medical services failed to evacuate the body of  her grandfather who died of heat and smog. Hospitals and morgues are filled with the dead, blogger reported. Despite numerous similar cases, the Ministry of Health denied [2] [RUS] the increase in death rate caused by high temperatures.