“From January 29 to February 28, 2022, it is prohibited to hold all mass events in the region, including mass events with less than 500 participants, including concerts, performances, congresses, with the exception of physical culture and sports events without the participation of spectators,” it says. in a post on the government's website.

Physical culture and sports events will be held in the Oryol region without the participation of spectators.

Earlier, the press service of the administration of the Leningrad Region reported that restrictions were tightened in the region due to the situation with the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections, Georgy Vikulov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the pandemic against the backdrop of the spread of the omicron strain of coronavirus.