From the MT:
“Russia
Reinstates Mask Mandate, Bans Late Restaurants and Bars to Stop Virus Spread”
Russia has
reinstated a nationwide mask mandate starting Wednesday amid a record-setting
second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, consumer safety watchdog
Rospotrebnadzor has announced. Russians will be required to wear masks in all
crowded places, including public transport, taxis, parking lots and elevators,
Rospotrebnadzor said Tuesday.
Russia imposed
a national mask mandate and other quarantine rules to slow the spread of
Covid-19 at the start of its outbreak in spring. Moscow lifted the mandate in
mid-July as Covid-19 cases began to decrease, though health officials urged
Russians to continue wearing masks to prevent the spread of the disease. Rospotrebnadzor
has also banned all restaurants and other nighttime establishments from staying
open between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The restrictions come days after Moscow
launched a contact-tracing system requiring restaurant and nightclub visitors
to register their phone numbers and scan a QR code. Also starting last week,
the Moscow public transportation system began cracking down on its rules by
banning passengers without masks or gloves.
The new
nationwide rules come amid widespread reports of hospital bed, medication and
staff shortages across the country during the second wave of the Covid-19
pandemic. Russia pushed past the 1.5 million mark for Covid-19 infections over
the weekend and set a daily record of 17,347 new cases Monday. The Kremlin
noted Monday that the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak has shifted from
Moscow, which continues to see around one-third of all new infections, to the
regions. Rospotrebnadzor forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic will likely not
decline until the summer of 2021.
^ Sadly, Russia
is one of the countries (like the US) that didn’t/doesn’t take Covid-19
seriously and so is now the price. ^
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