Herd immunity, the consequences of the heat and the queue for KoviVak

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova named St. Petersburg among the regions that are close to achieving herd immunity to CORONAVIRUS infection ( covid-19 ). The official said this at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the government of the Russian Federation.

The leader in the St. Petersburg car market unexpectedly changed

In St. Petersburg , in the first half of 2021, 84,045 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were sold, which is 55% more than in the same period in 2020 *, according to the Auto-Dealer-SPb agency. The best month in terms of the number of cars sold was June (more than 15,000). This figure was the highest in 2021 and the second in the last seven years, second only to demand at the end of last year. For the first time in 10 years, the domestic brand LADA became the sales leader in St. Petersburg (according to the results of half-year sales). The top three also include Korean brands KIA and Hyundai. At the same time, KIA is losing ground, while retaining second place.

St. Petersburg made a strategic decision due to the threat of floods

The authorities of St. Petersburg decided not to include new alluvium projects in the new Master Plan. They call the reason for the adverse impact of alluvium on the hydrological situation in the Neva Bay (Marquis Puddle) - this leads to faster flooding of the city during floods. At the same time, alluviums already planned in the current Master Plan will be implemented. Experts approve of the rejection of new alluviums, but believe that some of the planned ones should also not be implemented.

Immunity and vaccines: why queues lined up for CoviVac

Last week, the St. Petersburg HEALTH Committee announced the delivery of 8,580 dose kits of CoviVac vaccine to the city. At the same time, about 18 thousand Petersburgers are on the waiting list for vaccination with this drug. “At the moment, it is not possible to meet the demand for a vaccine in excess of the number of doses received,” the information note from the Interagency Council for Combating COVID-19 says.

St. Petersburg faced environmental consequences of abnormal heat

The abnormal heat that warmed up the water bodies of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region in June-July 2021 led to the intensive development of cyanobacteria or blue-green algae, a decrease in oxygen levels and the threat of fish kill, experts said.