Why, the organization urged the country to revise method of counting deaths from COVID-19.
As warned earlier the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin in may, the mortality rate was much higher than in April. Then, for a month died 11 thousand., and in may, 16 thousand Of which half of the cases officially associated with the coronavirus. Increase of deaths the city authorities explain the fact that may was the peak of the epidemic. And, according to Sergey Sobyanin, the statistics reflect the situation as objectively as possible: “We looked and considered not only those who had a positive test, but those who had a clear clinical picture. Did it in strict accordance with the who recommendations. In addition, about a thousand people died from other causes, but COVID-19 was a catalyst, and to say that he did not, no.”
Despite may growth mortality mortality rate from coronavirus in Moscow is still at a record low compared to other major cities: 2% if we consider only cases where the coronavirus was the main cause of death, and almost 4%, if we add to this the cases where COVID-19 — associated disease. For comparison, in the new York,, the figure is almost 11%, while in Madrid — 21,5%. But there’s nothing unusual here, convinced the doctor of medical Sciences, rector of the Higher school of management health care Guzel Ulumbekova: “a Total of +50% compared to the same period last year. If we take, for example, the Northern provinces of Italy, where was the epicenter, and we have the Moscow times was the epicenter of the epidemic, they had in late March and early April compared with the same period last year, +120%, while the Central and southern regions — on average +40%”.
However, the who these data raise questions. Given the scale of Russia and the number of infected the number of deaths from the coronavirus in 6 thousand small looks weird. This can be partly explained by the high coverage of testing. But even in other countries, which also do a lot of tests, performance is much higher. Press-Secretary President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with CNN gave another explanation:
“I don’t agree that Russia is manipulating the statistics. Have you thought about what we have in the country just a very effective health system, and what it allows you to save the lives of many people?”.
the who urged Russia to review the methodology of reporting on deaths, Recalling that there are uniform standards for official confirmation of the death of the organization. But the Ministry of health so requires doctors to follow exactly the who recommendations, the Director of the Institute of health Economics of Higher school of Economics Larisa Popovich. And often they even bend with it. “16 AP��Yale published a training manual how to read death from COVID-19. Even if there are no positive tests, but is suspected by the clinical picture, that it is necessary to refer to COVID-19. Our pathologists are very tightly tracked this story, in my opinion, even exceeding the situation from COVID. For example, we have decreased mortality from cancer, because cancer mortality began to be recorded in Kovenya,” explained Popovich.
However, it seems strange that after the lifting of restrictions in Moscow for two days of consecutive falls, the number of new infected with coronavirus. On Monday there were about 2 thousand., on Tuesday, a little more than 1.5 thousand., on Wednesday already 1,2 thousand This raises questions and the doctor of medical Sciences, Professor of the RAS Boris Revich:
According to estimates by Sergei Sobyanin, a daily detection of coronavirus in Moscow declined in three four times, despite the fact that the city’s increased testing in ten times. As for mortality, according to the mayor, in June, it will be even lower than in may.
As stated Director of the who programme on emergency health Michael Ryan, the incidence of coronavirus can jump in any minute, and then begin the second peak of the disease. But now the whole world is experiencing the first wave is the number of new infections is only increasing.
