Oct. 29, 2021
Beat of the Week
(Honorable Mention)
As COVID surges in Russia, AP wins access to Moscow ICU
used months of strong contact-building in Moscowâs hospitals to get first access to an intensive care unit â several days ahead of the competition â at a time when Russia is facing almost daily records for both COVID infections and deaths.Video journalist Manenkov and chief photographer Zemlianichenko won permission to work inside the âRed Zoneâ at Moscow City Clinical Hospital 52, where the staff is facing the crush of the countryâs COVID-19 crisis. The pair gave Moscow writer Isachenkov perfect material to explore the lagging pace of vaccination across the country, a source of despair among the front-line doctors and nurses. And their visuals gave AP global customers an array of powerful images telling the story of COVID in Russia.https://aplink.news/rm0https://aplink.video/f63