Alexei Agranovsky, professor of the Department of Virology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, said that the probability of contracting coronavirus infection is extremely small if the patient is already sick with influenza or ARVI.
“If infection with two viruses occurs almost simultaneously, a protective response to one will not have time to form and protect against the other virus. Mixed infections are possible, but not common. From a public health point of view, such options are of limited importance. , is extremely small, “- quoted him by the agency URA.RU.
Earlier, the head of the Cell Proliferation Laboratory at the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Peter Chumakov noted that those who catch a cold or suffer from ARVI cannot become infected with coronavirus.
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