“We mark 30 regions as regions in which the situation, although it has positive dynamics, nevertheless remains tense,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying in an interview with the Russia 1 TV channel.

Murashko clarified that we are talking primarily about the northern regions where shift workers are present.

“The main task of employers is to secure these workers' settlements,” he stressed.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia was technologically ready for the coronavirus pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova stressed that the Russian authorities are doing everything possible so that they do not have to go back to self-isolation.