Vitaly Zverev, Scientific Director of the Vaccine and Serum Research Institute named after II Mechnikov, said there may be an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia in October, reports TASS.
“There will definitely be an increase in incidence in the fall because the coronavirus has not gone away,” he said.
According to the expert, COVID-19 remained in the human population.
While talking about the new line of the omycron strain of the EG.5 coronavirus (“eris”), he stated that he should “not be particularly afraid.” As Zverev points out, “Eris” is not much different from previous versions of the “omicron” strain of the coronavirus.
On 11 August, WHO announced that the number of COVID-19 disease cases worldwide had increased by 80% in one month. The fastest spreading variant is the omicron strain EG.5.
August 10 in Rospotrebnadzor, Russia still first cases of infection with a novel coronavirus EG.5 variant. Cases in Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg, as well as the Magadan and Irkutsk regions, the Krasnodar Territory, the republics of Buryatia and Khakassia. A total of 17 cases of infection were recorded between April and August 2023.
Previously at the Ministry of Health in your name Average life expectancy of Russians in 2023.