The city of Moscow, epicenter of the epidemic in Russia of the new coronavirus, will impose the wearing of the mask in public transport, announced Thursday the mayor.
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" From 12 (May), the rules in public transport will be tightened: masks and gloves will have to be worn ," Sergei Sobianin announced on public television Rossiya-24. He explained that with the resumption on this date of construction sites and the operation of factories, half a million more people will be allowed to circulate in the Russian capital, making this measure necessary.
Moscow decided on Wednesday to extend confinement for the vast majority of the population: offices, most shops, restaurants and other personal services will remain closed. “ The speed at which (we will return to normality) will depend on ourselves, on our discipline. I don't want to play guessing games, but I think that the return to a normal life without restrictions is not coming soon, "he warned.
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Sergei Sobianin, whose city counts 92,676 of the 177,160 cases of new coronavirus identified in Russia, however noted progress. According to him, the significant increase in cases detected over the past week is primarily due to an increasing screening effort designed to identify and quarantine all asymptomatic people or people with mild symptoms of Covid-19 disease.
For him, the increasing number of cases detected is therefore " a good thing " to curb the spread of the virus. He estimated that Moscow actually has some 300,000 people infected. Another positive element, " today, the number of people leaving the hospital is greater than the number of those newly hospitalized ".
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