"In Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, we are seeing a marked decrease in the growth rate of the incidence rate, while in other regions this picture is less optimistic," RIA Novosti quoted Vujnovich.
According to her, “sooner or later, taking into account the measures taken to contain”, Russia will go on a plateau and the incidence of the virus will begin to decline.
"This will happen according to the" epidemiological laws "on the emergence, development and termination of epidemics until an effective vaccine is created," she added.
She noted that the most important thing now is to support the health system.
“And in this WHO is fully in solidarity with the government of the country,” she emphasized.
She added that WHO was not authorized to conduct local risk assessments or to compare data domestically.
Earlier, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said that the situation with COVID-19 in the region is still difficult, noting that the region needs to extend its self-isolation mode and access control, including on May holidays.
According to the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, the restrictive measures that were introduced due to the spread of infection helped to avoid an explosive increase in the incidence in the city, but the situation remains difficult.
On May 23, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that in the capital the increase in the number of cases of coronavirus disease reaches 15% per day, and the city has not yet gone halfway in the fight against COVID-19.