Russia shuts state hotels, resorts as coronavirus cases rise past 1,000

Security guards, wearing protective masks as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease , stand near the gate of the Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure in Moscow, Russia March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana MakeyevaMOSCOW: Russia ordered its vast network of state-run hotels, resorts and recreational facilities to shut down from Mar 28 until Jun 1, as its number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose past 1,000.

The official tally of confirmed cases jumped by a record daily amount for the third day in a row on Friday , bringing Russia's total to 1,036 a day after it moved to suspend all international flights. Four people have died.Russia's mass domestic tourism and recreation sector is still dominated by the state, a legacy from Soviet times. Millions of Russians still holiday each year at vast state-run hotels, resorts, health spas and children's camps.

President Vladimir Putin has declared next week a non-working week, and Moscow, the country's worst-affected area, will this weekend close allThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia remains much lower than in many European countries, but the mayor of Moscow told Putin on Tuesday that the real scale of the problem in the capital far exceeded official figures.

An opinion poll by the Moscow-based Levada Centre showed the majority of Russians, some 59 percent, do not believe the official figures. 24 per cent said they"absolutely" did not believe them and 35 percent said they only partially believed them, the poll showed.Putin said on Thursday he hoped Russia would defeat coronavirus in 2-3 months if it imposed tough measures quickly.

On Friday, Putin signed legislation allowing the government to intervene to regulate some retail and wholesale medicine prices.

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