As Putin gives many Russians the green light to return to work, a WHO official says the epidemic may just be peaking.
President Vladimir Putin eased Russia’s coronavirus control measures Monday even as the country reported yet another day with a record number of new COVID-19 cases. Russia registered 11,656 new cases on Sunday, bringing the total number to 221,344. Moscow remains the focus of the Russian epidemic with more than half of the known infections and deaths registered in the capital region.
In a televised statement, Putin announced an end to the six-week-old “non-working regime” which has kept Russians in jobs deemed non-essential at home. Those workers were permitted by the federal government to return to work from Tuesday. Putin left it up to regional authorities, however, to decide whether to lift or prolong their individual lockdown measures.
