Russia plans non-working days to curb spread of COVID-19
Russia's government on Tuesday proposed introducing a single non-working week to battle surging coronavirus cases as the country registered a new record number of daily deaths.
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- Published Date: 03:51 | 19 October 2021
- Modified Date: 04:47 | 19 October 2021
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova urged the cabinet to introduce non-working days Oct.30 to Nov.7 in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, amid record rates of infections and deaths.
Russia on Tuesday reported 1,015 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic, as well as 33,740 new infections in the past 24 hours.