According to him, "the epidemic situation in the regions of the country is heterogeneous."

“We can say that in Moscow it reached the 3-4th phase (according to WHO criteria), that is, large-scale spread without tracking the epidemiological connection of cases,” he said.

He did not rule out that "the turn of the epidemic situation that has developed recently is already close."

Previously, Briko noted that the possibility of a new propagation wave of COVID-19 will be determined by the properties of the pathogen and the severity of its mutation.