“One of the main mistakes that people are making now is refusing to wear protective masks when in contact,” his words are quoted on the website kp.ru.
According to him, the mask protects against coronavirus while in public transport and in other places with a large crowd of people.
The doctor added that masks stop the spread of infection.
He added that many Russians neglect protective equipment, which is why the incidence is declining slowly.
Earlier, the head physician of the infectious diseases hospital in the Moscow village of Kommunarka, Denis Protsenko, told how to determine the cough that occurs with COVID-19.
Virologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, spoke about the options for the development of the situation with COVID-19.