of the total growth in the incidence of coronavirus infection in the first half of this year likely will be no more, – assumes the leading infectious diseases, Advisor to the Director, Central research Institute of epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, academician Victor Maleev. He told about it in exclusive interview to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.
“in the world And in our country is still not over the first wave. And if in Russia the number of new cases has stopped increasing in General in the world even peak yet, to the decay of the epidemic are far – said Viktor Maleyev. – However, judging by what happens in other countries, it can be assumed that this total increase in morbidity, as this spring will not be”.
He explained why it is unlikely the uncontrolled increase in the incidence of: “Services of all countries on the alert – and now they automatically react if somewhere something happens: impose restrictions, isolate infected people, that is doing everything to stop the spread of infection”. “I guess – most likely, more coronavirus will be shown to local outbreaks, and the big waves will not arise”, – concluded the scientist.
Interview with the academician Victor Maleev will be published in one of the nearest numbers of “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.
