Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko announced the increase in cases of coronavirus among Russian citizens observed by epidemiologists.
Head of the Ministry of Health stated:
« An increase in the incidence of COVID-19 is recorded in Russia.
Mikhail Murashko urged sick compatriots to be responsible and isolate – to stay at home, not to visit crowded places in order to avoid the spread of infection. The head of the Ministry of Health also emphasized the importance of vaccinations and urged all Russians in general to limit their social contacts as much as possible during the difficult epidemiological season, RIA Novosti reported.
Murashko specified that currently “in a number of regions” the incidence of covid, influenza, and other viruses is increasing.
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“The rise in the incidence of COVID infection , there is an increase in the incidence of influenza, but a number of other viruses are also circulating,” the head of the Ministry of Health said
The minister also informed that the epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation remains under control.
It will be worse, but a second wave of coronavirus is not expected< br>
Earlier, the portal MedikForum.ru wrote that the immunologist Vladimir Bolibok commented on the danger of the so-called swine flu, which is now spreading in Russia. The doctor urged Russians to get vaccinated against the flu, noting that in terms of the deadly risk, swine flu could be more dangerous than the coronavirus. With the flu, a person may immediately experience a very sharp deterioration in well-being, and the likelihood of death due to the developed complication occurs already on the first day of the disease.
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Mikhail Murashko Medicine health care organizer, gynecologist. Minister of Health of the Russian Federation