Russia: coronavirus does not recede against the background of low vaccination of the population
In Russia, the increase in cases of coronavirus infection has stopped for four weeks. The trend towards a further increase in all federal districts, they say in Rospotrebnadzor. On Tuesday, the country recorded a new maximum death rate from COVID-19 per day – 973 people. A great burden falls on the shoulders of physicians.
Vyacheslav Korobka, chief physician of the Rostov Regional Clinical Hospital: “We are grateful for such a truly human attitude of doctors.
The healthcare system is on full alert to treat coronavirus patients, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia: “The number of beds has been increased, including those equipped with equipment for supplying oxygen and ventilating the lungs.
It is the low level of vaccination that explains the high mortality rate from COVID-19. 43 million people are vaccinated in the country – about a third. To achieve herd immunity, at least 80% of the population must be vaccinated.