The Kremlin expressed concern on Wednesday October 27 about the explosion of trips and vacations planned by the Russians during a nonworking week, decreed from October 30 to November 7, to fight against a deadly wave of Covid-19.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered this non-working week to try to break the chains of contamination, while the situation has worsened in Russia for several weeks. The country continues to beat new records of deaths and daily cases, a massacre which is explained in particular by a low rate of vaccination and the very uncertain compliance with protective measures.
However, it seems that a large number of Russians intend to take advantage of these holidays to go on vacation, especially in the seaside town of Sochi, on the shores of the Black Sea, where the mayor has said to expect the arrival of some 100,000 tourists. Asked about this rush, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said to journalists that such behavior can have "
epidemiological consequences
", even if "
it is not prohibited
". "
Of course, epidemiologists are concerned that many people have chosen to travel and move,
" he continued, hoping that these days off "will
help improve the situation
" in the country.
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Dmitry Peskov stressed that the government does not plan to close borders between Russian regions, keeping this measure only as a "
last resort
".
The mayor of Sochi, Alexeï Kopaïgorodski, has, him, assured that the tourists will have
to conform strictly to the measures in force
such as the presentation of a negative PCR test or a certificate of vaccination in the hotels.