For holidays in St. Petersburg, 15 restaurants were closed

During the New Year holidays in St. Petersburg, 15 catering establishments were sealed that violated the restrictions. This was reported by TASS with reference to the deputy chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy Alexander Sitov.

We are talking about 1-2 % of all city catering. About 300 protocols were also drawn up for individuals - visitors to these institutions. According to Sitov, mainly catering followed the requirements of Smolny.

Sitov added that in the coming week, the authorities will consider business support measures for 2021, and will also discuss how much more restrictions will last taking into account the dynamics of incidence after the holidays.

On holidays, it was forbidden to work until January 3, and from January 4, it was allowed to work only until 23 hours.

Earlier it was reported that the authorities of St. Petersburg are threatened with criminal cases of five institutions that worked at night on the New Year holidays.

The United press service of the courts of St. Petersburg published data on punishments for violations of coronavirus restrictions in the city. "Paper" complemented it, receiving statistics from Smolny.