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FILE - A medic wearing a special suit to protect against coronavirus fills documents as a body of a COVID-19 victim lies on a stretcher at an ICU of a hospital in Volgograd, Russia, on Nov. 21, 2021. Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia reached an all-time high Friday, Jan. 21, 2020, and authorities blamed the highly contagious omicron variant, which they expect to soon dominate the country's outbreak. (AP Photo/Alexandr Kulikov)