The Cabinet will ask Putin to authorize the move, which would still keep many businesses in the service sector open.
They also have used lotteries, bonuses and other incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated, without much success.
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He also told businesses to keep at least a third of their employees working remotely for three months starting Oct.
Patients who have gotten the vaccine usually don't have serious symptoms, Ibragimova added, while the unvaccinated come to regret it.