A similar situation - different solutions. What's better? Coronavirus restrictions.
St. Petersburg is located next to Finland, in a similar climate zone.
About the same number of people live in Finland as in St. Petersburg (more than 5 million).
At the end of December 2021, the situation with the incidence of coronavirus infection was not very good both in Finland and in St. Petersburg.
Over a period of 7 days (from December 15 to December 21), 14,259 people fell ill in Finland, and 14016 in St. Petersburg.
Similar situation.