Russia’s stay-at-home regime is lifted since May 12

Rozalia Valeeva

The period of non-working days announced on March 30 is lifted since May 12.

Vladimir Putin announced this during a meeting with heads of regions on Monday, May 11.

“This extraordinary measure enabled us to slow the epidemic, giving us the time we needed to substantially improve the readiness of the entire healthcare system in case the epidemiological situation took a turn for the worse.

The number of specialized hospital beds equipped for treating severe cases was increased from 29,000 to 130,000, and we have built up equipment and supplies reserves, including a reserve capacity of ventilators, which has critical importance for us. Thank God that we have had to use only a small part of this bed capacity so far”, Vladimir Putin said.

He also underlined that every region was ready and had everything it needed to help people that might suffer from severe complications and offer them specialized medical services, including intensive care.

«Medical professionals now know much more about this disease than at the outset of the epidemic. They have gained first-hand experience as well as learned best practices from their foreign colleagues. Newly developed treatment methods rely on effective medicines, and we have been expanding their production. International experience showed that it was the failure to make the necessary preparations as well as an overwhelmed healthcare system that were the primary causes of a high mortality rate, making it impossible to save those who could be saved. Let me repeat that we are now able to provide this kind of assistance. It would not be an exaggeration to say that measures taken in advance helped us save many thousands of lives.

Of course, doctors, nurses (by the way, tomorrow is your professional holiday, so please accept my congratulations), and all healthcare workers have played a decisive role in these efforts. We, the citizens of the country, will not stop thanking you for your dedicated work. We understand the hardships you face and see the courage and dignity with which you have been performing your professional duties”, he marked.

The President of Russia also announced that the number of tests conducted increased in the country.

«We performed 2,500 tests in early March. The current figure is some 170,000 a day. This is one of the highest figures in the world. But it is not them that matter.

The main thing is that we are now able to identify coronavirus patients at an early stage, including asymptomatic coronavirus patients. This helps us prevent grave consequences, the development of the disease, and protect these carriers and those nearby, namely relatives, colleagues, and other people, and so stop the spread of the coronavirus infection.»

According to him, the number of tests will double in the country by mid-May. 300 thousand tests will be conducted daily.

All measures taken allow us to move to the next stage in combatting the epidemic, that is, the gradual lifting of restrictions.

He also marked that the epidemiological situation varied across the regions.

«This is why, starting on May 12, it will be necessary to maintain both general sanitary requirements and additional preventive measures in the regions during all stages until the complete end of the epidemic», Vladimir Putin said.

All public events are banned throughout the entire country so far.

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