“For each stage, the transition criteria are absolutely clearly defined in the methodological recommendations, including a certain number of tests. For the third stage, this is 110 tests per 100 thousand people daily, this is a big figure, but today a significant part of the subjects have already achieved it, ”Popova said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to her, in terms of free beds, a number of subjects from day to day also reach the indicators necessary for moving to the third stage.

Earlier, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that in Russia 17 regions have reached the indicators that are necessary for the phased removal of restrictions imposed earlier due to coronavirus, and 14 of them have already begun to weaken them.

On May 13, Rospotrebnadzor issued recommendations for enterprises in various fields of activities to gradually remove restrictions while maintaining the risks of the spread of coronavirus infection.

Virologist, MD Anatoly Altstein in an interview with NSN expressed the opinion that Russia most likely passed the peak incidence of coronavirus infection COVID-19 and reached a plateau.