As noted by Tumusov, the incidence of coronavirus has been growing recently, despite the measures taken, so the mayor of Moscow made a similar decision.

“This is a necessary measure.

The most important thing is, of course, the health and life of people, ”the parliamentarian stressed.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced non-working days in the capital from June 15 to June 19, 2021, with the preservation of wages.

Thus, non-working days in Moscow will last from 12 to 20 June.

The Moscow authorities also recommended employers to re-transfer some employees to remote work due to the situation with the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

On June 12, it became known that the largest number of new cases of coronavirus was detected in Moscow since December 26 - 6701.