“It is necessary to extend the state of emergency for two weeks, until Sunday, April 26th. We cannot reduce control and reduce efforts (to combat COVID-19. - RT ) precisely when the most difficult times are approaching, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the extension of quarantine in the country in connection with COVID-19 until April 13.

In March, the Peruvian authorities imposed curfews on the population due to the rapid spread of coronavirus infection.