Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the proposal of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova to make the days between May holidays non-working in 2021.

This decision was made in connection with the current situation with coronavirus infection in Russia.

Speaking with a report on the current epidemiological situation in the country, the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation noted that the Russian tradition of celebrating May holidays outside the cities will have a positive effect on interrupting the epidemiological process.

“But it turns out this year that three days off, then four days of work, you need to return as well.

Then another three days off, and, of course, our citizens will return to their summer cottages.

Here, due to the fact that we have to move in space, exchange viral information with a large number of people in such a situation, we see certain risks, ”said Popova.

In this regard, she proposed to make the May holidays "continuous", as this would make the epidemiological forecast more stable, as well as increase the rest and stay of citizens in the fresh air.

“In epidemiological terms, this would be a very significant decision to make the further epidemiological stage more stable.

I ask you to support us very much, ”the head of Rospotrebnadzor addressed the President of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin, in turn, agreed to support this initiative.

“I myself have repeatedly said that both at the federal level and at the regional level I will urge all colleagues to listen to the opinion of specialists, to virologists, to those who are not just professionally versed in these issues, but to those who are fighting infection especially in the last year, having received such comprehensive and in-depth information about COVID-19, ”he said.

“If you think that it is necessary, well, we will do so, and today I will sign the corresponding decree,” the Russian leader explained.

  • "I will sign the corresponding decree": Putin supported the idea of ​​extending the May holidays

Later, the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov, explained that the weekend in early May will last ten days.

"The holidays will last until May 10 inclusive," said a Kremlin spokesman.

He also ruled out the possibility of introducing any lockdown during the May holidays.

On the eve of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov said the ministry is considering the proposals received to increase the duration of the May holidays.

However, he did not provide details of the initiatives under consideration.

“I know that we have proposals, including, in my opinion, from the deputy corps, but they are still under consideration.

We have not yet accepted questions on them, ”he said.

"Quite a logical and correct step"

The head of the legal department of the Confederation of Labor of Russia, Oleg Babich, spoke positively about the expansion of the number of days off in the first ten days of May.

“In this situation, despite the fact that formally it turned out that there are a lot of working days between the holidays, such a step looks quite logical and correct, taking into account all the circumstances, first of all, the problem associated with the coronavirus.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to go to the country, not to go to work, this is probably the right thing to do, ”said the interlocutor of RT.

The head of state made an absolutely correct decision, says Oleg Shein, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs.

“It is in line with social culture, because people tend to choose May days as a real weekend, and government decisions must always correspond to the customs that are present in the respective society.

We can only highly appreciate the decisions made by the President and support them.

Now these decisions have been made, and this is great, "the deputy explained in an interview with RT.

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At the same time, Yevgeny Tishkovets, chief specialist of the Phobos weather center, spoke about the weather for the upcoming May holidays.

According to him, the current cold snap will catch the holiday of spring and labor with its "cold tail".

“The temperature background in the most optimistic version will be + 1 ... 6 ° С at night, plus 10 ... 15 ° С during the day, that is, the weather is not barbecue, relatively cool. This will affect the May Day holidays, and after the climatic swing will swing in the other direction. After May 4-5, the temperature will start to rise, and by May 9 the temperature will be quite comfortable for itself, it will at least return to the climatic channel of May. The climatic norm in May is plus 15 ... 20 ° С in the daytime and plus 5 ... 10 ° С at night, ”he said on the air of Sputnik radio.