Moscow enters partial Covid lockdown amid rising numbers – BBC News

Shops, restaurants and schools have shut in Moscow in a partial lockdown, only essential shops like supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open in the capital, while food outlets are only providing takeaways.

Authorities have also given workers across Russia nine days off from Saturday in a bid to curb infections.

Russia has reported a record 1,159 deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours, while there’s been a record 40,096 new infections in 85 regions of Russia.

Russia’s overall Covid death toll in the pandemic is officially more than 230,000, the highest in Europe and one of the highest in the world.

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