Due to the increase in the incidence of coronavirus in St. Petersburg, mass New Year events can be canceled

Natalia Bashkova, head of the Rospotrebnadzor Department for St. Petersburg, said in an interview with 78 television channel, which, due to the pandemic of the coronavirus, the massive celebration of the New Year in the city "Most likely, will not take place."

According to Bashkutova, both Christmas trees and other New Year events are in question. This is due to the fact that now the incidence of COVID-19 has increased by almost 55 %compared to September.

Natalia Bashkova
chief state sanitary doctor of St. Petersburg

- I believe that this year large New Year holidays - at least in our city - will not be. The situation is more serious than in the spring, because in the spring everyone was sitting home.

In an interview, Natalia Bashkova also told where Petersburgers are more often infected with Covid-19, why are restrictions for catering and what is happening to the flu. Read more about this here .

Earlier it was reported that this year, a live spruce will be installed on Palace Square for the first time since 2012. Petersburgers voted for this.