“What we already see today suggests that immunity is formed both in those who have been ill and in those who have been ill easily. We still do not know, and no one in the world knows how long it will last, how long. But this is what we need to find out now, ”Popova said in the Dialog program on Russia 24 TV channel.

At the same time, she clarified that, unfortunately, there are not so many scientific publications in the world about how “population immunity is formed, exactly what should protect the population, that is, the entire population”.

It was previously reported that volunteers who take part in coronavirus vaccine trials feel good after two weeks.

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.