The authorities will introduce bills on QR codes in transport, cafes and shops

The documents provide for the introduction of QR codes in public places, international and intercity transport. This is an emergency measure against the background of the worsening situation with the pandemic,

The government has developed two bills that will determine the procedure for introducing QR codes in RUSSIA confirming immunity to CORONAVIRUS infection when visiting public places, traveling by train and flying on planes, a source who participated in the preparation of documents told RBC and confirmed a source in the government apparatus.

RBC sent a request to the government press service.

According to one of the sources, the first bill provides for amendments to the law "On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population." “This is an emergency measure, given the difficult epidemiological situation, which will be valid until June 2022. Decisions about QR codes and the details of their use will be made by the regions, and the amendments provide that, as part of the anti-COVID measures, local authorities will have to ensure that people can attend public events, cultural organizations, catering and retail trade or by using a vaccination QR code, or according to a document stating that a person has been ill with covid, or according to a medical exemption from vaccination with a negative PCR test, ”the RBC source explained, adding that the heads of regions will determine the specific objects for visiting which QR codes are introduced, taking into account the sanitary and epidemiological situation .

On Wednesday, the government announced that from November 16, those who are not registered with the State Services will be able to receive paper vaccination certificates at the MFC.

According to a RBC source, until February 1, instead of QR codes, it will be possible to present a fresh negative PCR test. But after February 1, only those who received a medical exemption from vaccination will have such an opportunity. The bill will oblige medical laboratories to transfer the results of PCR tests to the public services portal within 24 hours in order to eliminate delays.

The work of public transport, pharmacies, grocery retail and stores with essential goods is not affected by the bill, the RBC source says, the requirement of documented immunity will not apply to them.

For foreigners who have been vaccinated with vaccines not registered in Russia, the procedure for visiting public places will be separately established by the chief state sanitary DOCTOR, RBC's source said, citing the text of the bill.

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The second government bill amends the Air Code and the Charter of Railway Transport, two RBC sources say. On long-distance and international flights, mandatory QR codes are also introduced about vaccination, about a disease or a documented medical exemption. It is assumed that verification of QR codes will be carried out when selling tickets from a date set by the government. Foreigners vaccinated with vaccines not registered in Russia will be able to travel by train or fly by plane according to a negative PCR test. For Russian citizens who do not have QR codes, there will also be such an opportunity, but until the date that the government will set in the future, a source told RBC.

According to him, the amendments provide that those who bought tickets, but will not be able to use them due to the lack of QR codes, will be able to return them and return the full amount within 30 days.

Both bills are being prepared for submission to the State Duma, the entry into force will depend on the timing of consideration and the readiness of the regions to introduce QR codes, says a RBC source who participated in the preparation of the amendments.

What do transport companies say?

Russian Railways “will certainly comply with all the new requirements of transport legislation, specific details are being worked out and will be determined by the provisions of the legislation,” Ekaterina Gerasimova, a representative of the railway monopoly, told RBC, noting that such measures were taken six months ago in a number of foreign countries - France, Turkey, the UAE, etc. “it is also impossible to purchase a ticket there without documents confirming the vaccination against covid-19 or a negative PCR test.”

Mikhail Demin, a representative of Aeroflot, says that if the law is passed, then "the innovation associated with checking additional documents will be implemented, Aeroflot is technologically ready for this." “We have been exploring these options in advance. It is technologically feasible to ensure the new norms of legislation, the implementation will take some time, but this is a fairly short time,” he said, adding that it will be possible to assess the impact of restrictions on passenger traffic after the decision of the regulator.

Ural Airlines called the new requirements of the law feasible, saying that their implementation does not present great difficulties "neither in terms of time, nor in terms of technology."

This week, the largest transport companies in the country have already announced their readiness to check QR codes. In particular, this was reported by the HEAD of Aeroflot, Mikhail Poluboyarinov, and the deputy general DIRECTOR of Russian Railways, Evgeny Charkin. Airlines asked that QR codes be checked not at the time of buying tickets, but at check-in at the airport. At the same time, the head of UTair, Sergey Martirosov, proposed extending the system to public transport, and the S7 representative emphasized that checking QR codes during check-in and boarding a flight would require detailed technological development.

How the epidemic is developing in Russia

Since mid-October, the number of deaths from coronavirus, according to the operational headquarters, has exceeded 1,000 daily, constantly setting new records. On November 10, the operational headquarters reported that 1239 deaths from COVID were recorded per day. The number of daily infections since October 21 has exceeded 35 thousand per day, since the end of October it has repeatedly exceeded the mark of 40 thousand cases.

Deputy Director of the Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Rospotrebnadzor Tatyana Ruzhentsova believes that the introduction of QR codes is required to maintain the dynamics of the decline in the incidence and increase in the number of vaccinated after non-working days. But in her opinion, now it is necessary to organize a thorough control over the work of points and vaccination centers, the issuance of certificates. “QR codes are used to preserve the HEALTH of the population, and falsification endangers lives,” Ruzhentsova told RBC.

The introduction of QR codes for visiting public places is now vital, there is an example of a fairly positive foreign experience, Natalya Pshenichnaya, deputy director for clinical and analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, is sure. “There are regions where, against the background of restrictive measures, vaccination has increased significantly. And the incidence immediately began to decline, ”she concludes.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and the government on November 10, said that it is desirable to bring herd immunity in Russia to the level of 90-95%, but so far the bar remains at the level of at least 80%.

“My colleagues from the regions and I have been working in this direction for a long time, but today we see that in order to achieve this indicator, we need to vaccinate about 22 million more people, and revaccinate about 9 million more people,” Golikova said. Now the level of herd immunity in Russia is 48.4%.

“If we don’t reach the numbers that I mentioned, 22 and 9, in the near future, in the next month, then we will lose the pace that we are gaining, and we will have to go on a revaccination cycle again, because the indicators of the collective immunity will not change due to the fact that people who were vaccinated at an earlier date will have a revaccination time,” the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

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