In order to prevent the spread of infection among suspects, accused and convicted persons, as well as employees of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation, was issued a resolution by the chief state sanitary doctor - head of the branch of the Central State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service No. restrictive measures aimed at countering the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.