"It is necessary that people wear masks, that there is a social distance and that those holidays that are coming, we spent in the bosom of the family, separately, better in the fresh air ... We must suspend all planned mass events," TASS quotes her.
According to Popova, in this way it will be possible to achieve a further decrease in the incidence of coronavirus.
She noted that the epidemiological situation is currently in a “rather delicate balance”.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he did not know whether the possibility of extending non-working days after May 10 was being discussed.
On April 23, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on non-working days between May holidays in 2021.