[News] Russia: Partial closure in Moscow due to the increase in Corona injuries

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With the registration of new cases of infection with the Corona virus in Russia, a partial closure began to contain the epidemic in the capital, Moscow. Only supermarkets and pharmacies will remain open, in a measure that went into effect Thursday.

 

Schools, cinemas, shopping centers and gyms must remain closed until at least November 7. Only restaurants and cafes are allowed to serve drinks and fast food.

And across the country, days without work will be implemented from tomorrow, Saturday, President Vladimir Putin had issued a decree requiring that wages continue to be paid during this time, and this decree mainly applies only to the public sector.

 

Recently, the media reported that Russians want to travel abroad in large numbers for vacations, for example to Egypt.

According to official statistics released today, Thursday, more than 40,000 new infections were recorded nationwide within 24 hours, and this number is more than at any time since the beginning of the epidemic in the spring of 2020.

 

The number of daily deaths from Covid-19 disease also reached a new high of 1,160.

Only a third of Russia's 146 million people have been vaccinated, according to official figures.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no decision had been made yet on whether there would be mandatory vaccination across the country, adding, "Let's see how the situation develops."

So far, there is a necessity in some regions about immunizing people in certain occupations. Putin spoke against compulsory vaccination only last week, and it was not clear whether the days without work would be extended. Putin did not rule out this possibility.