They noted that there is currently a decline in the incidence of seasonal acute respiratory viral infections amid increasing COVID-19 infection.
“Taking into account such epidemiological features, any case of acute respiratory viral infection, regardless of the epidemiological history should be considered suspicious of COVID-19,” the document says.
Earlier, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko spoke about scenarios for the development of the situation with coronavirus in the country.
According to him, the ministry believes that the Russians do not have a common understanding of the situation with COVID-19.