Moscow rounds up stray animals, kills rats over coronavirus fears


FILE PHOTO: A stray dog looks at ducks at a pond in Mytishchi, outside Moscow, July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow authorities are rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as a precaution against the new coronavirus, actions that animal rights campaigners decried as cruel and scientifically groundless.

Russia has imposed an array of measures to stop the virus gaining a foothold in Russia, ranging from restrictions on flights to China and South Korea to visa curbs for Iranian and Chinese citizens.

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