Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to address the Russians on the occasion of the spread of the coronavirus, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. He replied that if Mr. Putin plans such an appeal, then this will be reported.
“Not yet, how it will be, we will let you know,” Mr. Peskov told RIA Novosti. The agency released a comment on the night of October 20: in the afternoon, a meeting with the president will be held, at which proposals on the fight against coronavirus will be presented.
On the eve of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin approved the proposals of the Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, including the introduction of non-working days from October 23 or 30 to November 7. Ms Golikova also offered to provide two days off for vaccination against COVID-19. Forbes, citing sources, said that the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation and the office of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov are working on the idea of extending the program of concessional business lending for salaries (FOT 3.0), which is also planned to be presented this afternoon.
On October 19, the operational headquarters announced another exceeding the record for the number of people who died from COVID-19 per day. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin introduced a self-isolation regime for residents over 60 who did not recover from COVID-19 and did not get vaccinated from it, and also ordered to transfer 30% of employees to a remote mode of work. Metropolitan employers will have to report weekly workers at remote work.
About new and expected restrictions – in the material “b” “Fight the infection with rest.”
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