Moscow train stations disinfected as coronavirus cases hit record high in Russia

Moscow train stations disinfected as coronavirus cases hit record high in Russia

Moscow disinfected train stations amid rising COVID-19 cases in Russia.

Moscow disinfected train stations amid rising COVID-19 cases in Russia.

Russia recorded 14,231 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record since the beginning of the pandemic.

It comes as President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has approved its second coronavirus vaccine after early trials.

Russia has the fourth-highest virus caseload in the world with a total of 1.3 million registered infections, and more than 23,000 deaths.

The World Health Organisation said Tuesday there were more than 700,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Europe last week, a jump of 34% from the previous week.

Britain, France, Russia and Spain accounted for more than half of the new infections.