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The European Union moved on Wednesday to head off a chaotic and potentially disastrous easing of restrictions that are limiting the spread of the coronavirus, warning its 27 nations to move very cautiously as they return to normal life and base their actions on scientific advice.
With Austria, the Czech Republic and Denmark already lifting some lockdown measures, the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, was rushing out its roadmap for members to coordinate an exit from lockdown, which it expects should take several months.
Crowds and long lines have formed in the Moscow metro today as the city’s new electronic permission system may have backfired by trapping thousands of people at bottlenecks on public transport.
Today’s the first day Muscovites need the QR codes to go to work. A friend sent me this: to use the metro people wait in a crowded corridor for a policeman to check their documents. Shocking. #COVIDmoscow pic.twitter.com/UIXrkAZSLC
Фотку скинули вон . Метро Кантемировская сейчас pic.twitter.com/zQp0mPSChS
Помните как неделю назад “полезные блогеры” причитали про разгул любителей шашлыка?
А теперь работа властей: Вот сегодня утром метро Преображенская площадь в Москве проверка пропусков.
Ну что победили шашлычников? pic.twitter.com/MnRdjdzrFb