Russia resumed passenger flights with Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on Monday, despite being concerned about the symptoms of the spread of coronavirus.
Based on an additional easing of restrictions on Russian skies, flights to South Korea are also expected to resume on Sunday.
According to the Russian government’s press office, Russia is lifting the access ban on affected countries on a reciprocal basis.
“Citizens of those states and rented apartment owners can enter the checkpoints of Russia’s airport. The Russians, in turn, can fly to one of those states unhindered,” the government said, adding that flights to those countries would be limited to one consistent a week.
The press said the soft green for the resumption of relations between Russia and the 4 countries followed a meeting of the Russian anti-coronavirus crisis in mid-Friday.
Russia suspended the maximum number of foreign flights in late March to curb COVID-19, and at that time allowed some flights to bring Russians from abroad.
In August, Russia gradually began lifting restrictions on Britain, Turkey, Switzerland and Tanzania.
Earlier this month, air links with Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were added. Maldives was also added to the list of countries approved for flights, a decree signed through Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Russian airline Aeroflot is asking all foreigners, who add passengers in transit, to provide a negative result of PCR COVID-19 to board flights to Russia.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the coronavirus scenario in Russia is strong after the early opening of borders with several countries.
“We have established regulations for opening borders and complying with those regulations is a path for other people in the country,” Murashko said.
On Sunday, the rate of coronavirus spread in Russia increased to 1. 08 and in Moscow it rose to 1. 14, the point for either since May 8.
Removing restrictions
The rate of coronavirus spread indicates the number of others a user can infect before being isolated and, along with other criteria, used to describe preparing regions for a slow lifting of restrictions brought in this spring to combat the epidemic. is used to advise decisions on additional easing on foreign flights.
According to the recommendations of the Federal Consumer Rights and Human Welfare Monitoring Service, Russia’s borders with a country can be opened if its coronavirus spread rate exceeds 1 for one week.
On Monday, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported 6,196 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to more than 1. 1 million.
On the medical front, Russia initiated phase 3 tests of Sputnik V with 40,000 volunteers in Moscow before this month. The first effects are expected next month or in November, said the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the Russian sovereign wealth fund, which is funding the project.
About one hundred million doses of the vaccine will be sold to India once final trials and regulatory steps are completed, while Brazil, Mexico and Kazakhstan have also signed home agreements with Russia, the fund said.