Coronavirus: Moscow commuters brave epidemic to return to work

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MOSCOW (AFP) - On an electric trolleybus ride into central Moscow, all the passengers and the driver are wearing masks and gloves under new rules as the city begins a gradual return to work.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MOSCOW - On an electric trolleybus ride into central Moscow, all the passengers and the driver are wearing masks and gloves under new rules as the city begins a gradual return to work.

To avoid an escalation in the number of infections, the city authorities have made it mandatory to wear gloves and a mask on public transport, on pain of a fine of 5,000 roubles . HIGH DEATH TOLL On Tuesday, Russia became the second worst affected country in the world, after the United States, with more than 232,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Escalators and platforms at Savyolovskaya station, a transport hub for commuters, are far less crowded than usual, but the stream of passengers is steady. "Today we are warning passengers who don't have protective gear, but from tomorrow they will risk a fine." In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ruled that only construction and industry could reopen, and social distancing measures had to be observed.

 

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