From the MT:
“Moscow to Reopen Hospitals,
Step Up Mask and Glove Enforcement as Virus Spikes”
Moscow authorities announced
Wednesday plans to reopen field hospitals and step up mask and glove
enforcement as the epicenter of Russia’s outbreak reported its highest number
of new cases since the start of 2021. Russia’s Covid-19 response center
confirmed 4,124 new Moscow infections Wednesday, the first time since Jan. 16
when the capital was nearing the end of the pandemic's second wave. Health
experts attribute the latest spike to mass gatherings and people flouting
health guidelines against the backdrop of a slow nationwide vaccine uptake. “The
epidemiological situation in Moscow is getting worse. The number of cases is
growing,” said Yevgeny Danchikov, who heads the main oversight directorate at
the Moscow Mayor’s Office. Authorities will begin strict enforcement of the
mask-and-glove mandate on the metro and other public transportation and at
shopping and entertainment centers, as well as at other places of mass
gathering, Danchikov said. Violators will be fined between 4,000 and 5,000
rubles ($55-70), the Moskva news agency quoted the official as saying.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin
meanwhile asked restaurants and bars to observe health measures and announced
plans to open "several more" Covid-19 hospitals in the near future. "The situation remains difficult. We're
seeing a surge in infections day after day," Sobyanin said in televised
remarks, saying around 10,000 hospital beds were occupied in the Russian
capital. Sobyanin also urged Muscovites to vaccinate and said authorities do
not plan to reintroduce lockdown measures that have been lifted since the start
of 2021 despite the latest surge.
Moscow’s virus spike is part of a
nationwide surge in infections, which for the first time in three months topped
10,000 cases Wednesday. Russia is among the world’s most-affected countries by
the pandemic with 5.15 million cases and nearly 125,000 officially confirmed
deaths, while excess deaths are at least three times that amount.
^ Sadly, the majority of Russians
do not take Covid seriously and do little to nothing to stop from getting
infected, infecting others or dying. ^
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