Moscow. May 4. INTERFAX.RU — a Ban on holding mass events in Russia will be lifted in the least, said Monday the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.
“There are epidemiological rules: we go from the regime of restrictions in the same way as we were part of the regime — is gradually withdrawn. The most recent restrictions to be lifted — a ban on holding mass events”, — she told in interview to TV channel “Russia 24” (VGTRK).
“And the first (the restrictions to be lifted — if) we will see what will the 12th number,” — said the head of Rospotrebnadzor.
meanwhile, Popov believes that the restrictions can be maintained for the elderly and people with chronic conditions until, until there’s a cure for COVID-19.
“Risks the resumption of the virus is. Producing certain algorithms, we say Yes — here we remove the restrictions, but at the same time, we older people still at home with chronic pathology”, she said.
Popov added that “in terms of this balance we will have to live a certain time, until we find a remedy, a cure or vaccine, which will remove even more restrictions.”
the Head of Rospotrebnadzor also said that the rate of increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the Russian Federation is reduced.
“is Reduced, regardless of quantity, we were talking about the growth of brand is reduced, this stable trend, it can be more pronounced, that is faster, may be less pronounced, slower,” she said.
“We’re going in the right direction, so we will move, we need to comply strictly with those requirements, which are, she said. — Increasing the number of cars — well, maybe, increasing the number of people on the streets is a very bad prognostic sign”.
Earlier on Monday, the operational headquarters said that in Russia, for the day was 10 581 cases COVID-19 in 82 regions at 50.6 per cent, no clinical manifestations of the disease. The total number of coronavirus infections in the country reached 145 268.
