‘Tatarstan may reduce the length of holiday’
How Tatarstan reacted to the president’s address about non-working April
Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians on 2 April, announced that whole April would be non-working and permitted the regions to decide themselves what establishments should work and if borders had to close. It will be known what a decision the Tatarstan president will make, Realnoe Vremya was said in the Kazan Kremlin there wasn’t any information yet. But Vladimir Putin’s words have already caused a great public outcry. Most of the experts we surveyed recognise these measures are very strict and threatening with big losses but they are vital too. The risk won’t disappear soon. “If the number of testing increases and anti-body is found, we will probably find out that 85-90% of people have already had the coronavirus but went through it in a hidden way,” the State Duma’s deputy and ex-Minister of Health of the republic Ayrat Farrakhov expressed his opinion.
Nobody will work throughout April
In the president’s address, Vladimir Putin claimed that the peak of the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t passed, this is why the regime of paid non-working days was extended till the end of the month. But the country is big, and the situation is different everywhere. It is still alarming in Moscow with the highest number of patients, but some regions don’t have any case of the disease. This is why Putin empowered governors to make local, targeted decisions. They will decide themselves what measures to take on the spot, depending on the real situation. For instance, what organisations should stop working and what organisations can work.
However, polyclinics, hospitals, pharmacies, groceries and all essential structures will keep working. It will be possible to restrict the activity of core enterprises only after approval of the federal centre. At the same time, the regime of non-working days can be reduced too in the future, Putin didn’t exclude that.
The president urged to save jobs, the country needs a steadily running economy. He urged the citizens to strictly meet the authorities’ requirements and specialists’ recommendations. According to them, then it will become possible to gain time. He thanked the Russians and wished them health.
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