In St. Petersburg, a traditional Christmas fair opened on Manezhnaya Square. Due to the pandemic of coronavirus this year, the event is held without a concert program, as well as without a carousel and a rink. This is one of the 166 events agreed by Smolny in the New Year holidays. Every day, up to 2200 people can visit the fair. "Paper" shows five photos from the Christmas Fair on Manezhnaya Square.

Fish and Chips is a traditional British fast food. How to cook it correctly? Says the chief of the "Islands of the nameless" Dmitry Bukhtoyarov Fish and Chips, which we prepare, is as close as possible to the traditional British version with a large piece of fish in batter, french fries and puree from peas. Prepare the batter: sore flour, add an egg, soda and salt. Slowly pouring beer, knead the batter, let it stand for one hour.

The St. Petersburg authorities organized another raid on institutions violating restrictions introduced earlier due to coronavirus. It is reported by Fontanka. According to the publication, employees of the Committee on Industrial Policy, the Committee on Property Control, as well as police officers, the Russian Guard, Rosospotrebnadzor and the Investigative Committee participated in the raid. The raid was held at the Jelsomino club-cafe at 5 Poltava, Karaoke bar "Beans" on Moskovsky Prospekt.

In St. Petersburg in 2020, 30 public spaces and 200 courtyards were improved. This was reported by the press service of the vice-governor Nikolai Bonadarenko. According to the press service of Bondarenko, the Bestuzhevsky garden in the Krasnogvardeisky district was one of the most significant projects in 2020. There, during the first stage of work, they created an inclusive site, in 2021, work in the garden will continue.

The deputy head of the Health Committee, Yevgeny Antipov, said that the agency considers it advisable to send high school students to distance learning. It is reported by Fontanka with reference to the online meeting, which took place on December 18. He noted that the committee would recommend introducing distance learning, but Rospotrebnadzor opposed this earlier. They believe that outside the school children will go to shopping centers and spread infection.

Since December 9, in St. Petersburg, more than four thousand cases of infection with coronavirus per day are detected. This is the data of the interdepartmental coordination council on coronavirus. The Coordinating Council publishes reports on the Smolny website from December 16. According to the report, on this day in St. Petersburg, 4106 cases of infection were registered. According to Stopkoronavirus, on this day 3758 cases of infection were registered in the city.

The chairman of the Health Committee Dmitry Lisovets on the air of the St. Petersburg television channel said that Petersburgers will be able to sign up for vaccination via the Internet and by telephone number 122. Lisovets said that after organized groups are vaccinated, mass vaccination will begin. For this, the healthcare committee will develop recording algorithms via the Internet and the hotline on the coronavirus by number 122.

According to official statistics, 189 people with coronavirus died in the Leningrad region since the beginning of the pandemic. However, according to Rosstat, from April to October, 2545 people died in the region than last year. This means that excess mortality in the region is 21.93 times higher than in official statistics. The data of the Mediazone investigation indicate that from April to November, 1624 people died in the coronavirus hospitals of the city.