“Chief State Sanitary Doctor Anna Popova noted the effectiveness of antiquated restrictions in St. Petersburg.

We managed to slow down the daily growth in the number of cases, ”Beglov wrote on his VKontakte page.

He expressed gratitude to all citizens who comply with the measures prescribed by Rospotrebnadzor.

Earlier, the chairman of the city health committee, Dmitry Lisovets, said that in St. Petersburg the load on hospitals for receiving coronavirus infected is extreme and unprecedented.

On December 7, Beglov announced the proximity of St. Petersburg to a complete lockdown.