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Moscow Cracks Down on Mask Avoiders as Covid-19 Cases Rise
- Police this week resumed fining metro passengers without masks
- Daily cases have grown by one-third from low on July 16
Police officers wearing face masks and gloves patrol at Red Square in Moscow.
Photographer: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
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Moscow has begun to enforce its rules on wearing masks more vigorously amid an uptick of new coronavirus cases over the last three weeks.