Moscow, April 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law which will grant the cabinet additional powers, including declaring a state of emergency for the entire country.
The law published on the official legal information portal is aimed at dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.
The President also signed other bills into laws, increasing the liabilities for the breaches of sanitary-epidemiological rules and quarantine.
Russia has registered a total of 2,777 cases of COVID-19 in 75 regions of the country as of Wednesday.
( With inputs from IANS )