“I’m telling you exactly, no peak has yet arrived, we are rather at the foot of this peak, not even in the middle,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Moscow Mayor also added that “forecasts are ungrateful”, therefore, the medical system should be prepared as much as possible, as much testing as possible and monitoring of compliance with the self-isolation regime should be ensured.

“The only thing I will say is that we are facing a serious test, and we need to prepare for this,” Sobyanin concluded.