“Now we can say - according to the Italian scenario, we did not go. In time, decisions were made to introduce a self-isolation regime. Enough efforts were made to convince people to stay at home ... We managed to avoid a catastrophic scenario, ”Peskov said in an interview with RTVI.

He specified that in Russia it was effective and quick to increase the number of beds for patients with coronavirus.

Peskov said earlier that he does not consider the statistics on coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia to be underestimated.