“In order to stop the growth of morbidity and save people's lives, today I have signed a decree providing for non-working days from June 15 to 19, 2021, with the preservation of wages for workers.
Thus, the "long weekend" in Moscow will last 9 days - from June 12 to 20, 2021, "Sobyanin said in his blog.
He noted that the number of new cases of coronavirus infection in Moscow rose to peak values in 2020.
The Moscow authorities also recommended employers to re-transfer some employees to remote work due to the situation with the coronavirus infection COVID-19.