In Moscow canceled the system of QR codes

Moscow cafes and restaurants will now be able to decide whether to check QR codes with visitors. Those institutions that will keep the system

Since Monday, July 19, the Moscow authorities have canceled the QR code system in public catering, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The mayor's office made this decision together with the government, two sources close to the Moscow authorities told RBC.

Sobyanin explained that most of the capital's companies managed to vaccinate 60% of their employees. In just the past month , more than 2 million people have been vaccinated against covid-19 , he said.

Organizations can now decide whether to require QR codes from visitors. In addition, cafes and restaurants in Moscow were allowed to work at night. Prior to this, only those who were fully vaccinated against CORONAVIRUS and received a QR code could visit catering establishments at night. Also in the capital allowed the work of children's playrooms and events in nightclubs, bars, discos and karaoke.

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Restaurants and cafes that have not joined the QR code system will have to comply with all anti-epidemic requirements of Rospotrebnadzor after opening on July 19, said Alexei Nemeryuk, HEAD of the Moscow Department of Trade and Services. In those establishments that maintain “COVID-free zones”, visitors will be able to stay without masks and gloves, and tables can be placed closer than 1.5 m from each other, and guests will not be required to measure the temperature.