“It is important that as many Muscovites as possible take root in a short time, then a barrier will be built, a shield that will prevent the spread of the virus,” he answered on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel when asked how to confront the more infectious strain of coronavirus.

Sobyanin added that it is important to comply with sanitary requirements.

“In transport, trade, public places.

Unfortunately, the same rule today works not only for the elderly, because today there are a lot of young people under 40 years of age who are ill, this has never happened before, ”the mayor of the capital said.

Earlier, Sobyanin said that 89.3% of new cases of COVID-19 had an Indian strain of coronavirus.