Moscow mayor orders week of paid leave for workers & imposes curfew on nightlife in bid to control sharp rise in Covid-19 cases

Moscow Mayor

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has announced a set of new measures aimed at countering a “sharply deteriorating” coronavirus situation in the Russian capital. They include a week of paid leave for workers and a nightlife curfew.

Russia has reported 13,510 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with most of them occurring in Moscow, medical authorities said on Saturday. A total of 6,701 positive tests were recorded in Europe’s largest city, which is the highest daily number since January.

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