Moscow's lockdown ends as coronavirus cases in Russia pass 485,000 COVID19
MOSCOW - Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months despite the Russian capital still reporting over a thousand daily cases.
"We're free now, you can walk around as long as you wear a mask," said Pavel, a pensioner, who was doing some morning exercise without a mask.Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow's mayor, announced the easing on Monday, saying the pandemic was receding in the city and that he would start rolling back restrictions on Tuesday with others due to be removed later this month.
Sobyanin has said his decision was motivated purely by the fact that coronavirus numbers in the capital had steadily fallen in recent weeks, Muscovites' responsible behaviour, and by the fact that the strain on the city's health system has eased.
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