"St. Petersburg - 3281, Moscow - 3115" - said in the message of the Moscow operational headquarters.

For the first time, St. Petersburg bypassed Moscow in the number of coronavirus cases per day on January 4.

In December, the deputy mayor of the capital, Anastasia Rakova, expressed the opinion that victory over the coronavirus pandemic in Moscow is possible by the middle or by the end of spring due to vaccination.

Immunologist-allergist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with the NSN, suggested that as a measure to combat the coronavirus, not to close the borders, but to change the control system of visitors.