In Russia, it will be possible to achieve population immunity to coronavirus this year. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova stated this in an interview with the Vesti TV program.
“I think so, and we, in any case, are so oriented,” Golikova said, answering a journalist’s question about whether it is possible to achieve such an indicator in 2021.
According to her, it is impossible to force citizens to vaccinate, it is voluntary.
“We have determined for ourselves that without taking into account those who have already been ill and citizens under the age of 18, this is 68.6 million people, that is, 60% of the population,” she said, answering the question what should be the percentage of the population who had been ill and vaccinated. so that we can talk about the formation of herd immunity.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that those who have vaccinated themselves need to wear masks and gloves, keep a safe distance so that collective immunity is formed. According to her, there may be a person nearby who is either a carrier or sick, and the vaccinated can still get sick, albeit in a mild form.
At a briefing on January 18, the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, announced the need to wear masks before the formation of population immunity to COVID-19. He noted that a person who has immunity, after contact with a patient with coronavirus, for a short time can become a carrier of infection and infect others. Therefore, you need to wear masks.
Earlier in the day, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, announced that at least 25% of Russians in the regions where the corresponding studies were carried out are immune to this virus. According to her, the research was carried out in 26 regions of the country.
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