Embassy Weekly Online | October IV

🔹 #COVID19 in #Russia | Epidemiological situation in Russia caused by the COVID-19 which is becoming more complicated. For over a month, we have seen a steady growth of the new COVID-19 cases, number of which is close to 40,000 a day. The Russian Government is doing everything possible to protect the life and health of the Russian people, minimize negative consequences of this dangerous infection and to slow down the spread of the disease by boosting vaccination drive, mobilizing capacities of the public healthcare system, which is now working under extreme pressure, and initiating additional measures, like non-working days from October 30 to November 7 and distant format of work and study. Russian President Vladimir Putin underlined: “We have only two ways of getting through this period – to experience the illness or to be vaccinated. It is better to be vaccinated than to wait for the disease and its serious effects“ – And the majority of our compatrio