"Other restrictions are extended until August 16," - said in a message on the website of the administration of St. Petersburg.

It is noted that changes to the decree "On measures to counter the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg" were signed by Governor Alexander Beglov.

According to the latest data, 1,937 new cases of coronavirus were detected in St. Petersburg per day.

Earlier, as the NSN reported, State Duma deputy, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko urged Russians to be vaccinated against coronavirus.