Index – Foreign – St. Petersburg close to full quarantine



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A record number of patients were hospitalized in St. Petersburg this week for the coronavirus and community-acquired pneumonia, putting extreme pressure on the city’s institutions, Dmitry Liszovec, chairman of the Russian metropolitan health committee wrote on the portal. community VKontaktye.

There was a significant increase in the number of hospital admissions this week. What’s more, a historical record was registered in the number of admissions in converted hospitals for infected: 5,785 people were admitted. This is a 6.1 percent increase from the previous week.

Said the official.

According to Liszovec

the pressure on hospital service is extraordinary and unprecedented.

Due to the more serious than average situation in Russia’s “northern capital”, strict restrictions on winter holidays have been introduced. The catering units can only be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. from 10 a.m. to 10 a.m., from December 30 to 3 a.m. December to January 3.

Sergei Beglov, the governor of Saint Petersburg, already last Sunday admitted to the city

quite a few now separate it from full quarantine.

Last week, 193,158 people in Russia were infected, 1,025 more than in July. The increase was 0.9 percent higher than the previous week.



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