Covid: Moscow shops and restaurants shut in partial lockdown

Shops, restaurants and schools have shut in Moscow in a partial lockdown, as Russia battles record Covid deaths and infections.

Only essential shops like supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to open in the capital, while food outlets are only providing takeaways.

Authorities have also given workers across Russia nine days off from Saturday in a bid to curb infections.

Russia has reported a record 1,159 deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours.

The official data also reveals 40,096 new infections in 85 regions of Russia – another record.

Russia’s overall Covid death toll in the pandemic is officially more than 230,000, the highest in Europe and one of the highest in the world. Russia’s last major lockdown was in May-June 2020.

The proportion of Russia’s population fully vaccinated remains low – on 23 October it was 32.8%, Our World in Data reports. Most European countries have much higher rates.

Despite an intensive state vaccination drive, many Russians remain suspicious of the Sputnik V vaccine, which is internationally recognised as an effective shield against Covid.

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Faced with this partial lockdown between 30 October and 9 November, many Russians have decided to go on holiday. Resort hotels in Egypt – a popular destination for Russians – are reported to be fully booked, and Russian flights to Egypt are sold out.

The Russian news service Vesti reports some panic-buying because of the new restrictions. There has been a rush on meat and fish at the central market in Orenburg, a city in the Urals east of Moscow.

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				New Cases 0 10 100 1k 10k **
Russia	226,464	156.9	8,112,999	JAN 2020 OCT 2021
UK	139,533	208.8	8,773,674
Italy	131,826	218.6	4,741,185
France	117,445	175.1	7,125,868
Germany	95,121	114.4	4,476,078
Spain	87,132	185.1	4,997,732
Poland	76,447	201.3	2,972,927
Turkey	69,112	82.8	7,851,775
Ukraine	68,338	154.0	2,912,683
Romania	44,679	230.8	1,561,928
Czech Republic	30,625	287.0	1,731,287
Hungary	30,492	312.1	843,825
Belgium	25,846	225.1	1,312,360
Bulgaria	23,073	330.8	569,443
Netherlands	18,314	105.7	2,082,563
Portugal	18,133	176.6	1,085,138
Greece	15,628	145.8	716,358
Sweden	14,993	145.8	1,165,996
Slovakia	12,903	236.6	456,438
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,322	343.0	247,958
Austria	11,251	126.7	798,606
Switzerland	11,182	130.4	862,411
Georgia	9,742	261.9	692,240
Serbia	9,509	136.9	1,098,209
Croatia	9,038	222.2	445,325
Moldova	7,497	282.1	328,000
North Macedonia	7,051	338.4	199,766
Azerbaijan	6,894	68.8	516,325
Armenia	6,013	203.3	295,368
Lithuania	5,661	203.1	390,031
Ireland	5,369	108.7	429,877
Slovenia	4,683	224.3	319,913
Belarus	4,515	47.7	586,234
Latvia	3,028	158.3	202,573
Kosovo	2,974	165.8	160,635
Albania	2,874	100.7	181,696
Denmark	2,699	46.4	376,414
Montenegro	2,065	331.9	140,922
Estonia	1,461	110.1	182,039
Finland	1,139	20.6	153,156
Norway	894	16.7	200,517
Luxembourg	842	135.8	80,603
Cyprus	569	47.5	122,996
Malta	459	91.3	37,551
Andorra	130	168.5	15,404
Channel Islands	102	59.2	12,594
Gibraltar	98	290.8	5,874
San Marino	91	268.8	5,497
Liechtenstein	60	157.8	3,623
Isle of Man	57	67.4	9,197
Monaco	36	92.4	3,389
Iceland	33	9.1	12,899
Faroe Islands	2	4.1	1,615
Vatican	0	0.0	27

This information is regularly updated but may not reflect the latest totals for each country.

** The past data for new cases is a three day rolling average. Due to revisions in the number of cases, an average cannot be calculated for this date.

Source: Johns Hopkins University and national public health agencies

Figures last updated: 25 October 2021, 09:55 BST

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