“We in Russia began to vaccinate against influenza in 1996 and from that moment until 2018, which already has final figures, the incidence of influenza in Russia has decreased by 196 times,” the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova quotes TASS.

She noted that according to experts, vaccination gave the population of the planet 20-30 extra years of life.

On September 3, the FAN reported that Rospotrebnadzor talked about what measures are needed to prevent influenza.