Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has announced the relaxation of some of the city’s Covid-19 restrictions, following a decline in recorded infection numbers since the turn of the year and a fall in cases requiring hospitalization.
Sobyanin explained that the welcome trend in Europe’s largest capital means he can partially lift what is already a much softer lockdown than those imposed in comparable conurbations across the continent. The lifting of measures will see the city’s colleges and children’s leisure facilities return to regular working hours, but university students will continue with remote learning. In the struggling arts and leisure sectors, theaters, cinemas, and concert halls have also been thrown a lifeline, with capacity increased from 25 percent to 50 percent.
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