Monitoring of the Situation with the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Measures to Contain It Over December 2020 to January 14, 2020

Abstract

With due regard for the ongoing dire situation with the spread of the coronavirus in December 2020 and early 2021, many countries took advantage of the Christmas and New Year holidays to intensify their efforts aimed at slowing down the pandemic. In Russia, alongside continuing flexible containment measures (remote work, online learning, ban on mass gatherings), the number of recorded daily new cases has shrunk since early January; however, this could be the upshot of the decreased number of tests during the holidays.