Rospotrebnadzor assessed the situation with coronavirus Russian news EN
In Russia, the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection is developing. So the epidemiological situation in the country on the air of the Russia 24 channel was assessed by the Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Professor Natalya Pshenichnaya, report TASS.
“Despite the past days, the rapid growth of cases, at present we already see a little bit of the situation in the field of tourism in the basin. [с коронавирусом],” the epidemiologist said.
According to her, a large number of Russians managed to get sick with the omicron strain and the level of collective immunity to COVID-19 in the country has reached a decent level. At the same time, delayed hospitalizations and the number of deaths did not increase.
Earlier, Alexander Gorelov, Deputy Director for Research at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, compared the spread of the COVID-19 omicron strain with a seasonal increase in the incidence of SARS and influenza and stated the similarity of these two processes. In his opinion, such an opportunity is considered as the possibility of leaving people who have been in contact with patients with COVID-19, due to the inappropriateness of the current number of detected cases.