“Today, more than 50 cases of the disease have already been preliminarily confirmed, another 100 tests are in progress. We understand that, most likely, by tomorrow, the number of cases will still increase, ”Roman Buzinov, head of the Rospotrebnadzor department for the Arkhangelsk region, quoted on the regional government’s website.
Earlier it was reported that an employee of a medical institution revealed infection with COVID-19. In this regard, the psycho-narcological department was quarantined.
April 17, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the peak incidence of coronavirus infection in the country has not yet been passed.
Professor, Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei virologist Anatoly Altstein in an interview with the FAN called the possible deadlines for ending the coronavirus infection epidemic in Russia.