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President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia’s nonworking period imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus will be lifted starting Tuesday.
“Starting tomorrow, May 12, the national period of non-working days will end for all sectors of the economy,” Putin said, adding that Russia’s regions will be able to maintain the necessary anti-virus measures.
The president’s announcement comes after Russia recorded a record number of daily cases on Monday, with more than 11,000 people testing positive in the past 24 hours.
Health officials have recorded a total of 221,344 coronavirus infections and deaths in 2009.
Putin said Russia had used the period of self-isolation to prepare its health system, increasing the number of hospital beds and saving “many thousands of lives.”
This “allows us to gradually lift the restrictions,” he said.
“It is in everyone’s interest that the economy return to normal quickly.”
Construction, agriculture and energy should be restarted first, he added.
“The epidemic and associated restrictions have had a strong impact on the economy and have affected millions of our citizens,” he said.
As people begin to return to work, the mass events are still suspended and “strict demands for sanitation must be observed,” Putin said.
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