The coronavirus pandemic will last at least another year until the infection becomes a seasonal disease, Interfax reports, citing the director of the Chumakov Center, Aydar Ishmukhametov.
“We are already covered (by immunity – IF), a certain amount – who got sick, who was so intelligent and got vaccinated on time. Therefore, of course, this cycle, I think, should continue for another year. And then we will quietly switch to the annual flu-type vaccination, and (she – IF) will be included in the vaccination calendar, and I think that everything will be so stable, ”he said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
The specialist noted that during this time, one of the variants of the coronavirus should supplant all other strains.
“Another year is waiting for an emergency situation, until we finally reach the omicron that will oust everyone else, and the existing vaccines will cope with it – these are two factors that we must combine,” added the director of the Chumakov Center.
Earlier on January 11, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, announced a possible increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in Russia a day to six-digit numbers. According to her, this is possible with a pessimistic scenario. According to the operational headquarters on January 11, 17,525 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia over the past day. The indicator became the highest since January 2. Also, 783 people died from COVID-19 per day. Over the entire period, 10 684 204 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia. 9,732,018 patients recovered from COVID-19, 317,687 died.
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