Putin says Russia does not plan to impose national lockdown to combat COVID-19

Reuters
Russia's President Putin attends a meeting outside Moscow
  • Oops!
    Something went wrong.
    Please try again later.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia did not plan to impose blanket restrictions or a national lockdown to curb the surge in coronavirus cases.

Speaking at an investor forum, he said that Russia would impose targeted measures in response to the pandemic if needed.

(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Jon Boyle)