“If we also behave rationally, this applies to the entire population - from children to older age groups - if we increase the volume of testing, screening diagnostic tests ... then, according to the best forecasting groups consisting of mathematicians, biologists, somewhere around 10-14 days before going on a plateau with this infection, ”she said.

According to her, after that, Russia will hold onto a plateau for some time and go in the opposite direction.

“How much time we went up to the plateau, the same time we will go down from it,” she added.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the situation with the spread of COVID-19 is a difficult stage in Russia's life.

As the president noted, if you act wisely, the country will overcome the coronavirus with minimal losses.

He also said that the peak of the epidemic has not yet passed.