Russian officials to ask Putin to suspend work for a week as new COVID cases surpass 33K

More than 1,000 coronavirus deaths were reported by the Russian government task force over 24 hours, the highest since the onset of the pandemic.

Russia's government is suggesting a nonworking week as the country registered another record-high number of COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, straining the health care system, the Associated Press reported.

The daily coronavirus mortality numbers have been surging for weeks and topped 1,000 for the first time over the weekend amid sluggish vaccination rates, lax public attitude toward taking precautions and the government's reluctance to toughen restrictions. Amid widespread vaccine hesitancy, authorities have raised pressure on medical workers, teachers and public servants to get the shots, but the uptake has remained sluggish.

Authorities have opened vaccination locations in shopping malls and other facilities outside clinics and tried to encourage people to get the shots with lotteries, bonuses and other incentives, but all those efforts have failed to considerably accelerate the efforts.

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