Moscow lifts lockdown restrictions amid virus concerns Moscow has started emerging from a coronavirus lockdown with the city government citing a slowdown in the Russian capital's outbreakA dog looks out of the car window as people enjoy a warm weather at Patriarch Ponds in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 8, 2020. As of Tuesday, Moscow residents are no longer required to stay at home or obtain electronic passes for traveling around the city, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday. The lifted lockdown measures not only permitted Moscow residents to move about, but allowed beauty parlors to reopen Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday rejected the idea that lifting the lockdown in Moscow was premature. “The head of each region makes the decision (on virus restrictions) based on expert assessment,” Peskov told reporters.

Source: ABC News June 09, 2020 13:28 UTC