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People in the city of Veliky Novgorod, nearly 600 km north of Moscow, react to the extension of a paid holiday aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. Most of Russia ended the week-long break, despite the country seeing thousands of new cases and more than 1,000 deaths per day. Individual regions have the authority to extend the period but as of Monday only five have done so. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES