The virologist gave a forecast on the dynamics of the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru
Head of the Laboratory for Highly Dangerous Infections of the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine, Professor of Virology Alexander Chepurnov in an interview with Sputnik radio gave forecast for the dynamics of the incidence of coronavirus in Russia.
He notes that for several days in the country there has been a decrease in the number of detected cases.
“The hope for the end of the wave has already appeared. Several days of a decrease in the incidence rate were not enough to understand the situation, especially since there were fluctuations in Moscow, but now it’s for sure. I think we crossed the peak. Now there was a decrease, ”the doctor explained, noting that this year the fracture occurred almost a month earlier than last.
However, the virologue of one wave of coronavirus vaccinations should take part in a one-wave vaccination campaign.
– explained Chepurnov.
Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg, indicated the need to increase the rate of vaccination against coronavirus by 4-5 times. According to the specialist, in this case, herd immunity in Russia is required at the required level in three months.