“First of all, I will give the floor to our colleagues, specialists in the field of virology. We now all virologists, in my opinion, have become. The whole country is virologists. But the opinion of true experts is extremely important, ”the president said.
According to Putin, authorities at all levels base their actions "precisely on the opinion of those people who have dedicated their whole lives to this complex, very important, responsible work."
At the meeting, the president also emphasized that the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic has not yet been passed. He urged to learn from the mistakes of others, and not his own.