Crowds of Petersburgers were more afraid of the heat than the COVID-19. Video

Beach in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg

Despite the tightening of anti-virus restrictions and calls from doctors and representatives of the St. Petersburg HEALTH committee to take social distance and wearing masks more seriously, last weekend showed that many St. Petersburg residents consider the heat more dangerous than the CORONAVIRUS. Citizens massively stormed electric trains to the beaches of the Gulf of Finland, not embarrassed by either crowds, or crush, noisy companies.

A video filmed in one of these trains appeared in the public “accident and emergency. Petersburg" in the social network "VKontakte". The recording clearly shows the crush in the car; while the majority of passengers are without protective masks. it is noisy in the carriage, companies shout songs, someone is carrying a cage with a pet on their heads. It is extremely difficult to enter the car itself, it is clear that not everyone succeeds.

The press service of the Oktyabrskaya Railway (OZhD, a branch of Russian Railways) in a commentary to 47news assured that due to increased demand, the company increased the number of electric trains in the Vyborg direction, but the influx of passengers was too large.

On hot weekends, the inner city beaches were also crowded with people. So, in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, despite the prohibition warnings, the townspeople swam and sunbathed, not observing social distance and other precautions.

“A lot of people, a dirty beach, loud music, children's attractions,” Anton Potapov, a resident of Kronstadt, shares his impressions. “I don’t even know if it’s worth recommending this place to visit now or not, except to come once in a while to look at the commentator’s booth in the form of a silver soccer ball, which was installed for EURO 2020.”

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Beach in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg (Photo: Anton Potapov)

On Saturday, when the air temperature in St. Petersburg exceeded the 30-degree mark, motorists also headed out of the city. Services registered 6-point traffic jams in almost all directions, and in Vyborgskoye - even 10 points. On the WHSD and the Ring Road to the Sestroretskoye Highway, the traffic jam stretched for 13 km.

Beach in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg (Photo: Anton Potapov)

According to the federal operational headquarters for combating the pandemic, a sharp jump in the incidence of coronavirus infection was recorded in St. Petersburg - on June 20, covid-19 was detected in 1,019 citizens. The medical institutions of the city are under serious pressure. So, in the city hospital No. 15, patients with coronavirus are forced to be placed on the floor due to lack of space.