Coronavirus in Russia: Vladimir Putin would decree 10 …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday backed a proposal by his country’s health agency to decree ten days off next May, in order to reduce travel and the use of public transport to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

“If they deem it necessary, I will sign the decree” to impose the holiday, Putin said at a televised meeting in response to a question from the head of the Russian health agency, who believed such a measure would stabilize the pandemic.

The body responsible, Anna popova, suggested to the president to unify the holidays in Russia (from 1 to 3 on the occasion of Labor Day and from May 8 to 10, for Victory Day which commemorates the surrender of the Nazis in World War II ), and starting to ensure that these holidays continue to stabilize the epidemiological situation, the Sputnik news agency reported. Since the 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 are already a holiday, the result would be that the Russians would not be forced to work from May 1 to 10.

According to Popova, the pandemic is receding in Russia but the rate of decline in cases and deaths has not been as rapid as desired in recent weeks. “We are stranded and in some areas there is a trend which shows that the situation could get more complicated,” the official said. According to her, these ten days off would limit travel by public transport and the circulation of the virus would be reduced.

In his annual address to the nation on Wednesday, Putin said he was aiming for collective immunity in Russia by the fall. “The vaccine is of critical importance today to allow herd immunity to develop in the fall.” between September and December, Putin said. Before the two chambers of Parliament, the Russian president also said he wanted to “keep all borders under control to stop the spread” of the virus.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Gólikova said that Russia manufactured 27.9 million sets of vaccine doses against the coronavirus, of which 15 million have already been provided.

In August 2020, the country registered the world’s first vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, developed by the Centro gamaleya, and later on EpiVacCorona, of Centro vector, Y CoviVac, of Centro Chumakov.

Authorities on Friday recorded more than 8,800 cases and around 400 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, in figures similar to those of recent days. These statistics put the totals at 4,744,961 positive Yes 107,501 deaths since the start of the pandemic. However the statistical agency, Rosstat, counted 224,000 deaths from the coronavirus until February.