Head of Rospotrebnadzor Popova: Russians should better spend New Year's holidays at home 
On New Year's holidays, Russians should better refuse travel to other countries and stay at home. The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, called on the residents of the country to do this, according to the Telegram channel of the Russian government on Tuesday, November 30.
“The situation with the closure of borders in the world is changing rapidly. Travelers, unfortunately, have a real chance, instead of rest, to get a significant number of problems, “Popova explained, recommending citizens to spend a long weekend in the country.
Earlier in November, a virologist, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the laboratory of bionanotechnology , Microbiology and Virology of Novosibirsk State University (NSU) Sergei Netesov called a way to limit the spread of the omicron-strain COVID-19 in Russia. According to the specialist, for this it is necessary to limit the travel of Russians abroad. According to the expert, only those citizens who have completed the full course of vaccination should be allowed to leave the country.
Over the past day, 32,648 cases of coronavirus have been detected in Russia. Thus, the total number of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic in the country amounted to 9,636,881.