Putin called the next three weeks decisive in the situation with COVID-19

This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

According to the head of Russia, he recently met with epidemiologists to discuss coronavirus.

“We are carefully studying the experience of all countries that have also faced the coronavirus threat, and he says that the most difficult, most difficult are the first four to five weeks from the start of the epidemic. This means that the next two to three weeks will be decisive for the development of our situation, ”he said.

As the president added, this is the period when the maximum concentration of all resources and the most stringent implementation of doctors' recommendations will be required.

Previously, a virologist, professor at the Gamalea Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Anatoly Alstein, in conversation with the FAN, described the possible deadlines for ending the coronavirus epidemic in Russia.