Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 5,287 new cases, taking its total to 1,871,893, Xinhua news agency reported.According to official data, around 60 million people in Russia had received at least one dose of a vaccine, and approximately 57 million of them had been fully inoculated as of Friday.While the nationwide non-working period launched on October 30 officially ended on Monday, it has been extended in five of Russia's regions, excluding Moscow, in a bid to prevent a further spread of the virus.Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was premature to discuss whether the non-working days had a positive effect, but the situation in the Russian capital has stabilized.
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