Russia eases COVID-19 restrictions as daily cases hit record

MOSCOW: Russia will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions from Sunday , the consumer health watchdog announced on Saturday, despite reporting a record daily number of cases as the Omicron variant spreads across the country.

According to the latest order from the consumer health watchdog, from Sunday people will no longer need to self-isolate after contacting those infected with COVID-19. Earlier this week, Anna Popova, the head of the watchdog, said that some of the restrictions no longer made sense as the Omicron variant was spreading too fast. Up to 20 per cent of infected people in Russia and 40per cent of people in Moscow have no symptoms.

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