COVID-19: Russian President postpones April public vote on constitutional reforms

Amid unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, Russian President Vlimir Putin reportedly postponed April public vote on constitutional reforms. As per reports, vote was scheduled for April 22 and was last hurdle before a set of reforms, including a change allowing Putin to stay in presidency beyond 2024, could come into force. A new date is yet to be selected. 

Meanwhile, thousands of residents of Moscow have been confined to ir homes for 14 days of compulsory quarantine after returning from virus-hit countries. Even those who have come in contact with those infected or those diagsed with mild symptoms have been forced into quarantine. authorities have warned m that breaking quarantine to enter city of 16 million residents could warrant a five-year jail term or deportation for foreigners. Moscow is also using cameras with facial recognition to keep track of all of m.

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Currently, Russia has more than 650 coronavirus cases and dely virus has claimed one life in country. According to reports, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin last month wrote in his blog that enforcement of quarantine was being closely monitored. Moscow alrey has a network of 170,000 security cameras, set up in streets and metro stations throughout city over past dece. Almost 1,00,000 of m have been linked to an artificial intelligence system that can identify people being filmed.

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Russia to jail quarantine violators

In a bid to furr improve precautionary measures in Russia to combat dely Coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers have proposed seven years in prison to violators of quarantine rules. As number of infections in country spike to 495 and COVID-19 has caused at least one death, legislation is due to be discussed on March 25 which along with a prison term also includes punishments like fines between $6,400 to $25,700 for violating isolation.

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