Moscow residents are venturing out to exercise, stroll and shop on Monday as the city eases a strict nine-week lockdown.
Retail shops and shopping malls have been okayed to reopen and residents are able to exercise outdoors before 9 a.m., but with masks required at all times and gloves needed in shops and on public transportation.
“We opened two hours ago but we already have a few clients. I’m pretty optimistic, I think people will come back little by little,” says Olga, who sells handbags and jewelry in central Moscow.
A municipal worker cleans the water as Russian honour guards stand on duty under the heavy rain at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in downtown Moscow on May 31, 2020. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to begin easing restrictions despite Russia having the world’s third-highest number of confirmed infections, and is due to be presented with an ambitious economic recovery plan later today.
Russia continues to record a significant number of coronavirus cases — with 9,035 new infections on Monday bringing its total to 414,878, behind only the United States and Brazil in the global tally.
Officials say the high numbers are the result of large-scale testing and that a steady decline in new infections and a low reported death toll of 4,855 mean Russia can ease restrictions.
— AFP
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