“A decrease in the incidence rate is a good sign that we are going to start work on the rehabilitation of the foci and close them,” he said on the NSN.

However, Onishchenko warned against excessive optimism regarding the situation with the spread of COVID-19 in Russia.

“Of course, the situation in the country is very different. And Moscow is the most disadvantaged region for the spread of coronavirus. We need to continue scrupulous, verified and careful work (to identify new cases of the disease COVID-19. - RT ), ”he said.

Previously, Head of the Laboratory of Vaccine Prevention, Research Institute named after I.I. Mechnikov Mikhail Kostinov in conversation with URA.RU. gave a forecast on the situation with coronavirus in Russia.