In his opinion, the escalation of fear in society because of the coronavirus in Russia is "not very important."
“ Our work, which was carried out before that, paid off. Our morbidity is lower, and mortality is lower, even if we take into account hypodiagnostics. When figures flash before your eyes: 600, 700, 800, 900 died in Italy ... ”, he said.
He noted that in Italy the crowded population is not the same as in Russia. Roshal also said that Italians did not want to comply with sanitary standards. Also, the country was not ready for an epidemic, the medical service, said Roshal.
“There is such a term - social security, the security of the people. And the biological safety of the people. This biosafety system was very well developed in the Soviet Union. Very good, better than in other countries. China has transferred this system, ”he said.
Roshal explained that we are talking about a system of early diagnosis, preventive and epidemiological measures.
“And there is a structure that specifically deals with this business. Therefore, China quickly dealt with this infection as a whole. And Russia has taken certain cordon measures. And we had time to prepare our health care system to provide assistance, ”said the specialist.
Roshal also believes that the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia may improve in two to three months.