COVID-19 kills three journalists in Russia

"So far, 55 journalists in 23 countries have died from COVID-19," Report says, citing Interfax.

According to the chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists, Vladimir Solovyov, more than 100 hundred journalists have contracted COVID-19 in Russia; three lost their lives.

He said most of the cases are asymptomatic transmissions.

He also noted that over 500 journalists are currently under medical supervision.

Notably, Russia has 155,370 confirmed cases for now, of those 19,865 o recovered, while 1,451 died.