“What needs to be done today? Well, today the first thing is that you need to get the flu vaccine, you must get the flu vaccine, ”RIA Novosti quotes Popova as saying.

Secondly, Popova recommended "of course, try to play sports, to be in the open air for a proper time."

“It also stimulates a high level of immune defense of the body,” she said.

To prepare for the flu, Popova recommended purchasing medical masks and disinfectants to prevent the spread of the virus within the family.

Earlier, the head of the laboratory for the etiology and epidemiology of influenza of the Federal Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya Elena Burtseva in an interview with the FAN spoke about preventive measures for influenza.