Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that either rapid large-scale vaccination or a lockdown could stop the spread of COVID-19. “No one has come up with anything else,” he stressed.

“The situation is such that we are essentially experiencing a pandemic all over again, and the epidemic is essentially raging in Moscow,” RIA Novosti quotes Sobyanin as saying on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

According to the mayor , if there had not been a new mutation of the coronavirus, Moscow would have already emerged from the pandemic.

In Moscow, the number of new cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations, and patients on ventilators has been growing sharply since the beginning of June.
Earlier, Moscow authorities announced a non-working regime from June 12 to 20, entertainment in parks was also banned, food courts in shopping centers were closed, and restaurants and cafes were allowed to operate at night only for takeaway.
On June 16, Moscow authorities announced mandatory vaccination against COVID for employees of state and private enterprises in certain sectors: trade, catering, transport, education, housing and utilities, cultural and entertainment events. Since June 28, only those who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID have been allowed to visit cafes and restaurants in Moscow. The rest will have to present PCR test results.
The lockdown in Moscow was in effect in the spring of 2020. At that time, people were only allowed to move around the city with special passes, and those who violated this rule were fined.
In Moscow, according to the operational headquarters as of the morning of June 26, 8,457 new cases of COVID were identified (in total, 21,665 people fell ill in Russia in the past 24 hours).

Sobyanin: Either rapid vaccination or lockdown can stop the pandemic