Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin summed up the first of nine non-working days declared as output due to the spread of infection, and appealed to citizens with a strong recommendation not to go in the next week from home
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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin summed up the first of nine non-working days declared as output due to the spread of infection and appealed to citizens with a strong recommendation not to go in the next week from home. The mayor noted that the majority of Muscovites has listened to the recommendations of the authorities and stayed home in the first day. The final conclusions to do early, but the mechanism of social distancing started.
“I Beg you, take care of yourself. All next week you and all other Muscovites have to stay home. But if you are on the street or in the store – keep a safe distance” – called the mayor on his website.
According to the mayor, in Moscow at this timelay 14.9 thousand public catering enterprises and over 40 thousand stores.
the Mayor thanked the Muscovites, who has listened to the recommendations of the authorities and stayed home. In comparison with the usual Saturday number of metro passengers has decreased three times, ground transportation – twice.
Metro: -67%
– public transport: -55%
– suburban W/d connections: -37%
– Taxi: -42%
– car sharing: -36%
– private car: -27% of the total number
– Arriving on buses from Moscow region: -70%
the Roads of the capital are freer of 67% compared to 3 weeks earlier. 27% decrease in the number of accidents.However, according to Sobyanin, many of those residents of Moscow who left home on Saturday was not in compliance with the set distance of two meters. “On natural areas, and they constitute almost half the city, you could see the fun of, food,” wrote the mayor.
However, in urban parks came just 52 thousand people – much less compared to ordinary spring Saturday.
In any public place we have to behave like in a queue at the ATM, where it is considered rude to get too close, reminded Sergey Sobyanin. Safe distance is 1.5-2 meters from each other. And, of course, the elderly must comply with the home mode.
According to the geotargeting of mobile phones, two thirds of older people (65+) behave responsibly and not leave the house. But about 20% of Muscovites aged 65+ made a big trip.
the Mayor tolicy recommended running stores and pharmacies where it is possible to make a special layout for visitors, it was easier for them to keep a distance from each other of 1.5-2 meters.
In Moscow the number of cases of coronavirus infection of the new type are currently over one thousand people, said Sergey Sobyanin.
“has already Recorded more than a thousand cases of the disease in Moscow. No one is immune. An example of a poor Italian and Spanish cities same new York, where every day dozens die and hundreds of people, everyone’s eyes,” wrote the mayor on Sunday on his personal website.
In recent days in the capital confirmed 197 new cases of infection with coronavirus, said to “Interfax”.
Among the new cases 152 people aged 18 to 65 years, and 32 people older than 65 years. Also coronavirus was confirmed in 13 children. All patients and contacts of the person are already under medical care. 13 people from the number of cases in the last two weeks visited European countries.
in Moscow, to date, recorded 1,014 cases of coronavirus. Died six patients.
According to the latest data, only in Russia revealed 1534 case of coronavirus.
