MOSCOW, may 20. /TASS/ — the Situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Russia has stabilized. About this TASS said the representative of the world health organization (who) in Russia, Melita Vujnović.
“it Seems that the country is in a phase of stabilization,” she said.
At the same time Vujnović stressed that, although the rate of new infections has slowed, it is necessary to achieve further reductions in new infections.
she said, tracking all contacts of infected and compliance with the quarantine are critical to maintaining the positive trends and control the epidemic.
“It’s like a marathon, and I’d say we’re only halfway there”, — concluded the representative of the who.
Russia is using the who methodology in calculating statistics for coronavirus, said Vujnović.
“Russia is using the methodology of ICD-10 and the who guidelines. April 16, 2020, the who released new guidelines for the certification and coding COVID-19 as the cause of death, which have been translated into Russian language of the Russian the who Collaborating centre for health systems and public health, and applied in the Russian Federation, as well as other recommendations for encoding other causes of death based on ICD tenth revision”, she said.
