"People with chronic diseases, people of the older generation are a risk group that is very hard going through this disease, many end up in the hospital, in serious condition," RIA Novosti Sobyanin quotes.
He said this on the air of the TV channel "Russia 1".
According to him, the task of the authorities is to protect these people from communication as best as possible during a pandemic.
"Taking into account the decrease in the growth of morbidity in the city, I hope that these restrictions will soon be transferred from mandatory to recommendatory, so that a person, feeling how much he is at risk, makes these decisions for himself," Sobyanin said. answering the question whether it will soon be possible to remove transport restrictions for people over 65 years old.
Earlier, Sobyanin said that city festivals in Moscow could be resumed within one to two months, while maintaining positive dynamics in the incidence of coronavirus.