He told about this in an interview with restaurateur Dmitry Levitsky.

“If the system works, it is quite possible that other industries will join it, the same beauty salons, non-food stores, for example, or restaurateurs,” Nemeryuk noted.

According to him, such an opportunity is already being discussed with business representatives.

“In my opinion, this is a kind of alternative to complete closure,” stressed the head of the Moscow Department of Trade and Services.

Nemeryuk also added that a similar system is used in many Asian and European countries, as well as in the United States.

In Moscow, on October 19, new rules for visiting nightlife establishments, operating from midnight to six in the morning, came into force.

Now the entrance to discos, nightclubs and bars will be possible only after scanning a QR code at the entrance or sending an SMS to a special short number.

At the same time, the capital's operational headquarters for control and monitoring of the situation with coronavirus clarified that visitors and employees at the entrance to these establishments from October 19 will need to register at any time of the day.

“If an employee of an institution comes to work at 12:00, he needs to register.

If a visitor enters a bar or club at 17:30, he is also obliged to register, "the message in the Telegram channel says.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin explained the introduction of new rules for nightlife in the capital.