According to Anatoly Altshtein, a leading researcher at the Gamaleya Center, the pandemic may end before the end of this year. In this he is in solidarity with the former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko.
Some time ago, Gennady Onishchenko predicted that the coronavirus pandemic would end this year. However, the predictions of this academician have long been treated with a certain skepticism. So, the same Onishchenko in March 2020 predicted that there would be no second wave of coronavirus and explained why. And in the summer of 2020, he assured that the covid would end in the fall. Now, however, other authoritative experts have begun to agree with him. For example, virologist Anatoly Altshtein.
Virologist Altshtein: the second wave of coronavirus in Russia will be tougher
He believes that the World Health Organization, whose competence includes the abolition of the coronavirus pandemic, can take this step before the end of this year. But even after the WHO announces the end of the pandemic, it will still recommend maintaining the wearing of masks in public places, maintaining social distance and the vaccination campaign.
Altstein: the pandemic will end in a few months
At the same time, the pandemic will turn into an epidemic that will flare up locally in various parts of our planet, especially in those regions where the level of vaccination and herd immunity is extremely low. Now the lethality of coronavirus has decreased, due to the dominance of the Omicron strain. In the future, new strains of coronavirus may appear, and they can cause considerable damage to humanity. (READ MORE) 
Anatoly Altshtein Medicine Chief Researcher Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology. N.F. Gamalei