05 May 2024,   11:23
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Five Covid-19 patients die in Russia hospital fire

A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit. The blaze was apparently started by a short-circuit in a ventilator.


The fire has now been contained and 150 people have been evacuated from the hospital. It is not clear how many people have been injured.


All of the patients who died had been on ventilators.

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