“We have mid-November already. Although the weather in the European part is abnormally warm, nevertheless, it is still the flu season in the country as a whole comes or has come. True, the incidence of influenza has decreased 13 times — over 13 times — over the past 13 years, ”Putin said at a meeting with members of the government.

At the end of October, Rospotrebnadzor reported that 43.4 million people were vaccinated against flu in Russia, which is about 30% of the country's population.

Earlier, Nation News reported on the most popular issues for the prevention of influenza and SARS that came to the Rospotrebnadzor hotline.