“In the spring of this year, the transition to a remote location helped to significantly reduce the number of passengers in public transport.

We have slowed the spread of the coronavirus and saved thousands of lives.

The same should be done today, ”he wrote on his personal blog.

Sobyanin asked the heads of enterprises to transfer as many employees as possible to remote locations "without prejudice to the main work processes and consumer interests."

"In the Moscow mayor's office from Monday to remote work will go 30% of the staff," - he added.

Earlier, Sobyanin expressed the hope that the re-introduction of strict restrictions due to the situation with the coronavirus could be avoided.

In Moscow over the past day, 1560 cases have been identified, in total in Russia - 7212. The capital mayor urged Muscovites to strictly observe mask and glove regimes.