MOSCOW, may 5 — RIA Novosti. Early diagnosis helps prevent the development of severe forms COVID-19 and provides a low level of mortality in Russia, said the Director of the Central research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Vasily Akimkin commentary portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
According to him, effective testing gave the opportunity to identify patients with mild and in General to control the disease.
At the same time, the expert noted, “light” or asymptomatic patients account for 70-80 percent of all cases of infection, and their timely isolation can significantly reduce the spread of infection.
In the world, according to the world health organization, the coronavirus has infected at least 3.5 million people, more than 240 thousand died.
Russia has spent more than 4.4 million test COVID-19. The coronavirus identified from 155 thousand people, about 20 thousand of them recovered, 1451 died.
Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.
