Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Saturday declared a "non-working" week from June 15 to 19 in the Russian capital and advised non-essential workers to stay home. For the first time in six months, the capital Moscow has seen a tremendous increase in cases of coronavirus infection. During the last 24 hours, 6701 cases have been reported here. He has said in his message that the situation in the capital is continuously getting worse.
In his message, he has said during the past week the situation with the spread of coronavirus infections has sharply deteriorated. According to him, thousands of beds have been increased in hospitals in view of the increasing infection in the capital. To prevent this, it will be necessary for everyone to come together and take full precautions. If this does not happen, then the situation can become uncontrollable.
The mayor also announced the closure of food courts and playgrounds. Meanwhile, the restaurants, bars and clubs will operate between 6:00 and 22:00. Sobyanin also called on employers to transfer at least 30 percent of non-vaccinated employees to working from home afternoon-working week. Cases have been on surge across the country in recent days as the country struggles to vaccinate its citizens despite domestic vaccines being widely available to the public. According to the health ministry, Russia registered 13,510 new coronavirus cases and 399 deaths on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic continues wreaking havoc worldwide. According to worldometer.com, 176,724,272 cases of coronavirus reported so far. Of these, 160,769,661people have recovered, while 3,819,654 people have died.
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