“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.