Moscow Orders New Restrictions as COVID-19 Infections Soar

A serviceman of the Russian Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies, and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, wearing protective gear, disinfects Moscow's Belorussky railway station next to a statue, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia, on June 11, 2021. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images

MOSCOW—Moscow’s mayor on Saturday ordered a week off for some workplaces and imposed restrictions on many businesses to fight coronavirus infections that have more than doubled in the past week.

The national coronavirus taskforce reported 6,701 new cases of infection in Moscow, compared with 2,936 on June 6. Nationally, the daily infection tally has spiked by nearly half over the past week, to 13,510.