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 Russia reported 12,126 new infections, pushing the overall total to
1,272,238. The previous record daily rise was 11,656 cases on May
11, when strict lockdown measures were in force across most of the
vast country.
Russian authorities have recommended people stay at home this
weekend, but currently have no lockdown in place and the Kremlin has
said there are no plans to impose one for now.
The Moscow Mayor's office was looking into closing bars, nightclubs
and karaoke bars, but keeping restaurants in the capital open, the
RBC media outlet reported on Friday, citing a a source at the
mayor's office.
"We have to at least somehow reduce the number of people in the
city, otherwise we may arrive at the same strict restrictions as we
had in the spring," RBC quoted the source as saying.
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Authorities in Moscow, the epicentre of Russia's coronavirus outbreak in the
spring, has also recommended people over the age of 65 isolate and has told
businesses that at least a third of their staff must work remotely.
Officials said on Friday that 201 people had died of COVID-19, the respiratory
disease caused by the coronavirus, in the last 24 hours, pushing the official
death toll to 22,257.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Anastasia Teterevleva; Writing by Alexander
Marrow; Editing by Maria Kiselyova and Mark Heinrich)
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