In Russia, more than 71 million people vaccinated against the flu

“In general, more than 71.28 million people (48.6% of the population) have been vaccinated in the country,” the agency’s website said in a statement.

It is noted that in the period from December 9 to 15, "in Russia, a generally low incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections is noted."

Earlier, a doctor of the Voronezh Center for Medical Prevention, Olga Bachurina, in an interview with the online publication argumenti.ru, told how to distinguish flu from other acute respiratory viral infections.

According to her, influenza differs from other acute respiratory viral infections by more pronounced intoxication. Severe headaches, lacrimation, redness, and pain in the eyeballs are possible. The most important symptom is a very sharp increase in temperature.