Google and Apple have announced the creation of a joint system that will track the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus using Bluetooth technology built into Android and iOS smartphones and special applications. The company published a description of the future system in their blogs . Links to the releases were posted on Twitter by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The new system will use Bluetooth wireless technology, which has a short range, and apps approved by health officials.

In the conditions of the coronavirus epidemic, the Government of the Russian Federation decided to increase the limits by the size of housing loans, in which borrowers can count on mortgage holidays in case of reducing income. The head of the Cabinet, Mikhail Mishustin, announced the signing of the relevant resolution. "For most citizens, housing is a long -term and expensive investment.

The Kremlin introduced new requirements for the work of the heads of regions during an epidemic of coronavirus. As Medusa found out, the heads of regions should suppress panic, create the background of “positive information domination” and fight fakes, another goal of a positive agenda is to increase the rating of President Vladimir Putin.

The mass closure of catering establishments and unproductive goods stores due to the coronavirus epidemic led to the liberation of space in Moscow. According to JLL, according to the results of the first quarter, the vacancy of space on the main trading streets of Moscow amounted to 9.9%, increasing by 0.8 percentage points regarding the end of last year. This indicator was 1.6 times higher than the average value over the past few years, Kommersant writes.

The disciplinary commission of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) recommended the leadership of the university to reprimand the student of the Nizhny Novgorod branch Bogdan Bubnov and expel him from the military department due to a record of social networks. This is stated in the message on the HSE website . In February, Bubnov, on his page on the VKontakte social network, asked not to congratulate him on the day of the defender of the Fatherland.

Most Russians (80%) began to walk less or completely stopped doing it in conditions of coronavirus spread. This is evidenced by the results of a sociological study published on the VTsIOM website . So, the number of Russians who reduced the number of walks doubled - according to polls from March 26, it was 40%. Much less often, 76% of respondents are going to the store or pharmacy. 69% of Russians are not seen with older relatives.

Russian investigators intend to bring to criminal liability participants in the demolition of the monument to Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev in Prague. As reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, a criminal case has been instituted on this fact on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia committed publicly).

Personnel working with the Russian men's and women's volleyball teams must remain at home until November 2020. A source in the national team informed Interfax about the corresponding order. “Today I called the federation and they told me that all employees will not go to work until November,” the agency’s interlocutor said. At the same time, according to him, payment of wages remains unchanged. Like many other disciplines, the volleyball season in Russia took a break due to the coronavirus.

The COVID-19 disease develops so quickly (sometimes within a few hours on 3-5 days after the onset of the disease) that the Ministry of Health allowed doctors to diagnose a characteristic clinical picture, without laboratory confirmation and testing.

In Russia, over the first week of April, gasoline production was reduced by 19%, RBC reports with reference to the data of the Central Dispatch of the Fuel and Energy Complex (TsDU TEC, the structure of the Ministry of Energy. This is a record level of decrease not only from the beginning of this year, but also over the past few years.

The Ministry of Agriculture of China excluded dogs from the project of the list of animals, whose meat can be eaten. Since January, the country has a ban on the trade in wild animals, the new list will enter into force after its cancellation. Particular attention of animal defenders attracted exceptions from the list of dogs, the newspaper Kommersant writes.

Valery Polkhovsky will be appointed to the post of head coach of the Russian national biathlon team. The corresponding decision was made on Friday at a meeting of the Board of the Union of Biathlonists of Russia (SBR). According to the press service of the SBR , it was decided to send the candidacy of Valery Polkhovsky to the position of head coach of the national teams of the country for Biathlon in the 2020/21 season for coordination to the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation.

Twelve patients who have confirmed the diagnosis of pneumonia and a positive result of tests for coronavirus infection was obtained have died in Moscow over the past day. Among them were people younger than 45 years old, they reported on Friday at the operational headquarters to control and monitor the situation with coronavirus. "Among the dead - patients from 33 to 87 years old. Three dead were under the age of 45," the TASS reported in the message.

The authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation limit the sale of alcohol against the background of the fight against coronavirus. Already at least three regions - Crimea, the Orenburg and Lipetsk regions - were banned from the work of stores for the sale of spreader beer. With informal pressure of officials, market participants collide throughout the country.

The government approved a plan for supporting garbage operators, according to which companies engaged in waste export will receive 20% of their revenue for April, May and June from the budget. The signing of the relevant resolution is written by Vedomosti with reference to the representative of the relevant deputy prime minister Victoria Abramchenko.