COVID Memorial Day in the US. The Russian embassy has lowered its flag.
US President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order to lower flags over US government buildings for five days in memory of the 500,000 people who have died of the effects of the COVID-19 contamination in the country.
“President Biden <…> will order the flags on federal buildings to be lowered for the next five days”, – White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing on Monday.