Ambulance in Chelyabinsk. File photoCHELYABINSK, Jan 19The authorities of the Chelyabinsk region recommend that employers transfer 30% of employees to a remote work format, and, if possible, more, such a mode should also be introduced for people over 65 years of age in the context of an increase in the incidence of COVID-19, said the first deputy governor of the region, Irina Gekht. «Yesterday we we discussed with the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the region that the risks posed by the new Omicron strain, given its contagiousness, are the need to tighten preventive measures at enterprises: thermometry, mask mode. people over 65 years of age and … in general, transfer 30% of employees to a remote work format. And if possible, more,» she told reporters. %I have been away for a long time0%No0%I work from home0%I am unemployedVote< i>Voted:Yesterday, 13:17According to Hecht, 57.9% of the adult population in the region are vaccinated, which is more than 1.56 million people. “We see a serious decrease in the first week of January, now we are growing up. We are going 5-6 thousand per day, this is higher than the average Russian rate. 54.6% of the adult population were vaccinated with the second component, we have a low percentage of those who did not appear for re-vaccination,” she noted But at the same time, the vaccination of people over 60 is alarming and worrying — only 50.6% have been vaccinated, «this is, of course, not enough,» Hecht said. Also among university students, 74.2% and secondary vocational education — 62.9% were vaccinated, she said. The largest vaccination point in the Megapolis CRC continues to operate in the region, and its work has been extended for a month, there are also round-the-clock vaccination points, she recalled. According to the regional Ministry of Health, 152,439 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the region yesterday, there are no schoolchildren), one case of «omicron» was also recorded. The world is in a fever from a new wave of coronavirus
