She said this during a meeting of heads of services of countries - members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
“Today we are preparing for the autumn rise in respiratory infections and are developing special plans in order to mitigate all risks,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
She clarified that first of all we are talking about vaccination against influenza.
Earlier, the doctor of medical sciences, virologist Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, estimated the likelihood of a second wave of COVID-19 in Russia.