According to her, the incubation period for coronavirus is from six to eight days.
“If we start breaking today, then by May 12 it will be obvious that we need to strengthen,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor warned of the likelihood of a second wave of incidence of coronavirus infection in the fall of 2020.
Popova also called three main criteria, on which the beginning of the stage of lifting restrictions depends.
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences Alexander Lukashev, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, suggested that the weakening of restrictive measures due to the coronavirus in Russia would be very cautious, and it could take many months to complete the pandemic.