play_arrow
Welcome to Online Radio
The Leading Lifestyle Internet Radio
play_arrow
Music 24/7 - Africana
Online Radio
play_arrow
Music 24/7 - International
Online Radio
play_arrow
Music 24/7 - Gospel
Online Radio
play_arrow
Music 24/7 - Latin America
Online Radio
play_arrow
Talk Shows - Stay Updated
Online Radio
play_arrow
Pillars and Plants - Gospel
Online Radio
play_arrow
Audio Stories - A new movie experience
Online Radio
Russia has shut down non-essential services for 11 days to tackle the surge in infections as the country reported record numbers of daily coronavirus cases and deaths on Thursday.
Russia which is the hardest hit in Europe by the pandemic, has struggled with low vaccination rates despite developing several of its own jabs.
Recent weeks have seen daily numbers of cases and deaths hit the highest of the pandemic, with the official government tally on Thursday reporting new records of 40,096 infections and 1,159 deaths.
Authorities have shied away from the kind of severe lockdowns imposed in many countries, but have opted to close all non-essential services in Moscow from Thursday until November 7.
Retail outlets, restaurants, and sporting and entertainment venues are all closed, alongside schools and kindergartens. Only shops selling food, medicine and other essentials are allowed to remain open.
President Vladimir Putin’s government has been pinning its hopes on homegrown vaccines like the Sputnik V jab, but Russians have proven stubbornly resistant to being inoculated.
According to the Gogov website, as of Thursday, only 32 percent of Russia’s population had been fully vaccinated, which tallies Covid-19 data from the regions.
Last week Putin directed a nationwide paid holiday between October 30 and November 7 aimed at reversing rising infections, and Moscow authorities followed suit by ordering the shutdown of non-essential services in the capital from Thursday.
– No stay-at-home order –
Roads in Moscow on Thursday morning were slightly less congested than usual, but the city’s sprawling Metro network was as ever busy with many passengers not wearing masks.
Authorities have not required Russians to stay at home during the non-working period and many were planning to use the days to travel across the country and abroad.
The mayor of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi has warned of a huge influx of tourists, and demand in Russia for flights bound for Turkey and Egypt has soared.
Russia has recorded nearly 8.4 million cases and more than 235,000 deaths, though independent experts say authorities have downplayed the severity of the pandemic.
Figures published by statistics agency Rosstat in October paint a darker picture, suggesting that more than 400,000 people have died in the country from the coronavirus.
After a severe months-long lockdown early in the pandemic, Russian authorities have been hesitant to impose further restrictions that would hurt the economy, instead pleading with Russians to get vaccinated.
Nigerian movie studio, Filmone Entertainment, has announced that the much awaited ‘Aki and Pawpaw’ remake will be coming to the cinemas this December. The company made this news known in […]
Post comments (0)