Russia is close to the peak in the incidence of coronavirus, in the spring the situation may improve, said on Friday, November 6, doctor of medical sciences, virologist Anatoly Altstein.
“The level will depend on how people follow the prevention rules. As polls show, about half of the people are restrained about these rules, so growth continues, and even if it stops, it will go at a high level, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
In his opinion, the morbidity plateau will be quite long, while the second half of spring may “bring relief.”
Vaccinations can help in this situation, Alstein added.
Earlier that day, Rospotrebnadzor said that the coronavirus mutates, but does not get worse.
According to the deputy director for scientific work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gorelov, the mutation affects no more than 1% of the virus, so test systems can even detect a mutating coronavirus.
A day earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted that the timely measures taken to spread the coronavirus infection helped keep the situation under control.
As of November 6, 1,733,440 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia in 85 regions. Over the entire period, 29,887 deaths were recorded, 1,296,124 people recovered.