The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the second time humanity can not withstand such a test, said the director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. NF Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg on the air, organized by the Russian Jewish Congress.
“I will not be an oracle and [не буду] to predict some kind of pandemic, but the fact that this pandemic showed that the second such, so to speak, invasion of microorganisms, humanity can simply not withstand, – yes. Therefore, it is necessary to draw very serious conclusions. Both scientific and organizational, “- quoted by TASS Gunzburg.
According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 230.7 million cases of coronavirus infection and 4.7 million deaths from it worldwide. The highest incidence rates in the United States: 4.1 million people were infected with coronavirus in the country in 28 days and 48,974 died, over the entire period – 42.6 million and 684,428 people, respectively.
In Russia, according to the headquarters, 828 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The indicator renews its high for the fourth day in a row. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 during the pandemic in the country reached 202,273. Within 24 hours, the coronavirus was detected in 21,379 citizens. Thus, the number of cases today is 7,376,374 people, of which 6,574,608 have recovered.
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