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The tables contained in the Primavera Italian restaurant in Moscow’s Shchukino district ought to have been packed on a Monday afternoon, however the one diners have been sat outdoors braving a thunderstorm.

For Moscow’s bustling restaurant enterprise, it was the primary day of a troublesome new QR-code regime that requires diners to offer proof they’ve been vaccinated or have a unfavourable PCR check to eat indoors. And the diners didn't seem to have gotten the memo.

Associated: Moscow’s cafes ‘sacrificed’ as Russian government plays Covid catch-up

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Oh, and in addition from Labour’s Jim McMahon within the UK, requested if departed well being secretary Matt Hancock was, as somebody had steered, “the stupidest man on earth”, McMahon stated “There’s lots of people in authorities in rivalry for that job.” ZING!