People who have had coronavirus can get it again after six months, said the head physician of the hospital in Kommunarka Denis Protsenko in an interview with Naila Asker-zade on the Russia-1 channel.
“We now have an understanding that the risk of getting sick again in a sick person appears in six months. Therefore, there are clear, understandable recommendations of the Ministry of Health that it is advisable for patients who have recovered from the disease in six months to be vaccinated, ”Protsenko quotes TASS.
According to him, the course of coronavirus infection in the last two waves is changing, in particular, the incubation period has shortened and the volume of damage to the lung tissue is spreading very quickly. “If earlier it happened within seven to nine days, now it happens with lightning speed, in two or three days, despite the ongoing treatment,” he said, noting that a targeted antiviral drug that would suppress the spread of the virus is currently no.
On October 16, the operational headquarters reported that the level of collective immunity to coronavirus in the country is estimated at 45%. At the same time, the level of herd immunity in Moscow is 61%, in the Moscow region it has reached 64%. As noted by Protsenko, the situation with the incidence of coronavirus in Russia is close to critical, beds in infectious diseases hospitals are rapidly filling.
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