Moscow requires all citizens to isolate themselves at home from the 30th.

　　China news agency, Moscow, February 29 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, announced on the evening of the 29th that all Moscow citizens will be isolated at home from March 30th.

　　Earlier, sobyanin asked people over 65 and patients with chronic diseases to be isolated at home from 26th. Sobyanin stressed that since 30th, people who are isolated from themselves are regardless of their age. You can only go out when you need emergency medical assistance, go to work, go to shops or pharmacies, walk your pets and take out the garbage.

　　Sobyanin said that an intelligent system will be deployed in Moscow next week to monitor citizens’ home isolation. In addition, he also asked people to keep a distance of 1.5 meters from each other in public places.

　　Sobyanin said that all unemployed people will be provided with a subsidy of 19,500 rubles per month. Unemployed people do not need to provide any application.

　　Peskov, Russian Presidential Press Secretary, said that during the period of Moscow citizens’ self-isolation, the President’s Office and the President himself will work normally.

　　The Covid-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control Command announced on the evening of 29th that Moscow will introduce a special pass system. Only holders of special passes can travel in Moscow.

　　According to earlier news from the headquarters, by the 29th, the cumulative number of people infected with Covid-19 in Russia reached 1,534. Among them, the number of people infected in Moscow reached 1014.

　　At present, the majority of Covid-19-infected people in Russia are Russian citizens who have returned to Russia from abroad. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, from March 20th to 27th, the number of Russian citizens returning from abroad exceeded 130,000. The Russian Federation’s Consumer Rights Protection and Public Welfare Supervision Bureau announced on the 29th that there are currently more than 180,000 people under medical observation.

　　According to the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade on the 29th, the Ministry has submitted to Prime Minister Mishustin a package of support measures for catering, service and commercial real estate, including canceling the six-month value-added tax, limiting the maximum interest rate of loans, delaying the collection of environmental tax and garbage disposal tax.

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a list of government tasks on the 29th, calling for continuous monitoring of the Russian economy, introduction of a loan plan for the real economy, raising unemployment benefits to the minimum wage, and delaying the collection of taxes for SMEs.