“Thanks to Italy - it showed the whole threat to us ... Everything that happened in Italy, from my point of view, allowed the system, which took half of the sick, to prepare," he said.
He noted that he supported the position that it was too early to draw conclusions.
“When they ask me, what is your patient survival on long-term mechanical ventilation. And how can you be considered when it has not yet ended ... The role of the system, the role of preparing the system, everything that is being done is probably also significant, ”he added.
Earlier, the Moscow Department of Health denied media reports about underestimation of mortality statistics from COVID-19 in the capital.
On May 11, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova stated that mortality rates from coronavirus in Russia are 7.4 times lower than the world ones.
In Rospotrebnadzor, speaking of a low mortality rate from COVID-19 in Russia, it was noted that such statistics are explained by early diagnosis.