Many Russians on holiday abroad in the week of abstention from work against the epidemic, the Kremlin worried

There will be many Russians who will take advantage of the next week of paid leave from work, introduced to counter the new wave of covid epidemic, to go on vacation abroad, to Turkey or Egypt, or in any case to move to other regions of the country. Vice Premier Tatyana Golikova, who leads the task force against covid, confirmed the news released by travel agencies, underlining the government’s concern. “That many Russians use their off-work days to travel is at least worrying. And it is particularly alarming that during the period between 30 October and 7 November many of our fellow citizens will move to other regions,” he said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a travel ban has not been introduced next week and there are no plans to impose one either. (continued) In the last 24 hours, 39,849 new cases of covid have been confirmed in the country. The total number of cases registered since the start of the pandemic is 8,432,546. There have been 1,163 deaths since yesterday, another peak since the start of the pandemic.