This was during a meeting of the region’s operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, said Vice Governor - Chairman of the Government of the Saratov Region Alexander Strelyukhin.

According to him, the decision to introduce a pass system in the region was made on March 31. Strelyukhin noted that he signed the relevant resolution.

“This decision comes into force from today, and a set of measures related to the control of the movement of citizens on the basis of special permits will come into force on April 2,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, stopkoronavirus.ru reported that the self-isolation regime due to coronavirus was introduced in 51 regions of Russia.

On March 29, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called on to study the possibility of introducing a regime of complete self-isolation in all subjects of the country.