MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday that the city would begin to gradually introduce a system of passes next week to monitor and regulate residents’ movements during a partial lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
Speaking on a state television channel, Sobyanin said that the passes would be introduced in stages. The first would focus on creating permits for those travelling to work.
(Reporting by Maria Grabar and Tom Balmforth; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Susan Fenton)
