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MOSCOW, May 27 (Sputnik) - Local variants of coronavirus, which have mutations characteristic of the UK and South African strains, have been detected in Russia, but it.
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Russians will be able to stop wearing medical masks at public places this year, if they continue to observe coronavirus pandemic-related preventive measures, the deputy chief for clinical and epidemiological work of the consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor’s Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Natalya Pshenichnaya, said. There is no place for laxity. All preventive measures taken against COVID-19 must be observed. In that case we will have good prospects for cancelling the mandatory wearing of masks. Largely it depends on ourselves, TASS cited her as saying.
Pshenichaya speculated that the epidemic would die down when 60%-70% of the population had immunity against the coronavirus.
Russia past peak of coronavirus epidemic - Rospotrebnadzor s Epidemiology Institute
MOSCOW. Jan 15 (Interfax) - It looks like Russia has passed the peak of the coronavirus epidemic, and there is currently a trend toward stabilization, Deputy Director of Rospotrebnadzor s Central Research Institute of Epidemiology for Clinical Analysis Natalia Pshenichnaya said. We re observing a certain trend toward stabilization, Pshenichnaya told journalists on Friday. Daily morbidity may still fluctuate, considering that Russia has a vast territory and the circumstances of the infection s spread differ from region to region, but we may still assume that the peak of the epidemic has passed, she said.