Free sanitizers will remain available for Moscow metro passengers. This was announced by the Department of Transport of the capital on Tuesday, March 15, in Telegram channel.
“As part of the implementation of the decree of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, from March 15, control over the mandatory wearing of masks in public transport, which has been in effect since May 2020, is being removed. At the same time, those who want to can continue to wear masks. We will maintain enhanced cleaning procedures for all carriages and all surfaces touched by passengers. The world’s largest network of free sanitizers will also continue to operate – about 3,000 units,” Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov said in the message.
He thanked the Muscovites who had followed the recommendations of doctors all this time, and the employees of the transport complex who checked the masks of passengers and helped reduce the number of cases of coronavirus infection in the capital.
The report also indicates that about 300 professionals began to remove stickers calling for masks and social distancing. According to the department, there are more than 30,000 of them in the transport infrastructure.
The mayor of the capital announced the abolition of the mask regime in Moscow the day before, on March 14. In his blog he wrote that such a decision was made due to the steady improvement in the epidemiological situation. In addition, mandatory anti-COVID measures were canceled at enterprises and organizations: regular measurement of the body temperature of workers, installation of dividing partitions at workplaces, etc.
On the same day, it was reported that over the past week, the number of new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia has decreased by 41.9%.
On March 12, Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Andrei Plutnitsky noted that the decrease in mortality rates from the consequences of coronavirus in Russia is associated with successful vaccination of the population. In his opinion, the positive dynamics is also due to the introduction of new methods of treating patients.
A large-scale vaccination campaign is underway in Russia. Citizens are vaccinated for free. Six vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, which became the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and the world, as well as Sputnik Light, Sputnik M, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona-N and KoviVac .
All relevant information on the situation with coronavirus is available on the websites stopcoronavirus.rf And access to all.rf, as well as the hashtag #WeTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.
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