“In normal times, we have different scales of tasks to be solved, different speed of decision-making and seriously different approaches to emerging problems.

Plus, there is a huge number of norms and rules that regulate literally every step we take, which sometimes creates insoluble problems, ”the mayor said.

He said that "in March 2020, everything changed: approvals, which previously took months, now require one phone call," he said, "decisions that have been developed over the years are now being made in a day."

According to data as of March 9, 9,445 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia during the day.

In total, 4,342,474 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since the beginning of the epidemic.

Doctor-immunologist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Nikolai Kryuchkov, in an interview with FAN, commented on the situation with the pandemic.