"The situation is stable at a difficult level": Sobyanin said there were no plans to introduce new restrictions on the holidays

Moscow does not plan to introduce new restrictions on the New Year holidays, said the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin.

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We are not planning any

additional restrictions (on New Year's holidays -

), we are not planning any penalties or administrative sanctions.

Of course, Muscovites will walk through the streets, parks, squares, but we are not going to organize any special mass events there, ”the mayor said.

At the same time, he said that the travel benefits, which were suspended due to the pandemic of the coronavirus infection COVID-19, will not be restored yet, because "on any holidays and weekdays, risk groups should be at home, in a home circle."

According to the data of the headquarters on December 10, 27 927 cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected in Russia during the day.

The total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the epidemic in the country has reached 2,569,126. 6,730 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Moscow.

To date, 671,948 cases of the disease are known in the city.

Sobyanin said that "the number of hospitalizations over the past week has not changed compared to the previous one, remains stable."

“Therefore, we can say that, in principle, the situation is more or less stable.

But it is stable at a high, difficult, difficult level, at which the entire medical system of Moscow is working in tension, ”the mayor said.

At the same time, Sobyanin noted that “all its units perform their functions: ambulance, outpatient unit, CT diagnostics, PCR diagnostics, hospitals”.

“That is, we are dealing with this situation,” he added.

Along with this, the mayor mentioned the number of Muscovites vaccinated against COVID-19.

According to him, more than 20 thousand people have already signed up for vaccination.

“During this period of time, about 20 thousand people signed up and more than 6 thousand were vaccinated,” TASS quotes him.

The mayor mentioned that in Moscow in the coming days, a decision will be made to expand the coverage of vaccination against coronavirus.

According to the authorities of the Moscow Region, more than 6.5 thousand residents of the region have already been vaccinated.

This was reported on the official Telegram channel of the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov.

“What seemed impossible quite recently is in action.

The coronavirus vaccination has started across the country.

The Moscow region was among the first regions to receive over 7 thousand doses of the domestic vaccine against COVID-19 - "Sputnik V".

More than 6.5 thousand people have already been vaccinated, ”the statement reads.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova, about 6.9 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, developed by the N.F. Golikova Scientific Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, will go into civil circulation by the end of February.

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“It is assumed that in the period from December to the end of February about 6.9 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine will go into civilian circulation,” TASS quotes her.

We add that on the eve of the published preliminary data of the study of the vaccine "Sputnik V", which show that the effectiveness of the drug after the introduction of the second dose is 96.2%.

Golikova also said that this week 7.8 thousand doses of the EpiVacCorona vaccine, developed by the Vector Center of Rospotrebnadzor, will go into civil circulation.

The Deputy Prime Minister also mentioned alcohol consumption and COVID-19 vaccination.

According to her, we are talking about limiting the amount of alcohol, and not about a complete ban.

“I would urge our colleagues to listen very carefully to the information, official information that we give and the essence of which was not a ban, I emphasize, not a ban, but a restriction on the use of alcohol and drugs that affect and suppress the immune system”, - quotes Golikova RIA Novosti.

She advised to give up alcohol three days before the vaccination procedure and for three days after that, since it is important for the formation of immunity.

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister asked the Russians to limit the celebration of the New Year to a close circle of people, as well as to limit travel to regions and countries with a high incidence of coronavirus.

"Please take care of yourself and your loved ones, limit the celebration to a close circle, observe the mask regime in public places, limit travel to those regions and countries where the incidence of COVID is at a very high level," Golikova said.