Collective immunity to COVID-19 in Russia reaches 45%

by time news

The level of collective immunity to coronavirus in the country is now estimated at 45%, the operational headquarters for the prevention of the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection in Russia told reporters.

“As of October 15, vaccination with the first component was carried out 51 million times, vaccination of the full cycle – 47.5 million times. The level of herd immunity in Russia is estimated at 45%, ”TASS reports with reference to the headquarters.

The level of herd immunity in Moscow is 61%, in the Moscow region it has reached 64%.

According to the operational headquarters, more than 7.9 million people have been ill with coronavirus in Russia.

The situation with the incidence of coronavirus in Russia is close to critical, beds in infectious diseases hospitals are rapidly filling, said earlier the head physician of the hospital in Kommunarka Denis Protsenko. He said that the delta strain of the virus has become dominant in Russia, and the developed treatment algorithms are not so effective, so there are many patients in intensive care in critical condition. To change the situation with COVID-19, you need to get vaccinated, wear masks and do coronavirus tests as early as possible, Protsenko emphasized.

In Russia, over the past day, 33,208 new cases of coronavirus were recorded, which became another record for the entire time of the pandemic. The number of deaths for the first time exceeded a thousand people and amounted to 1,002, the headquarters said on October 15.

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