Vladimir Chulanov, chief freelance infectious disease specialist of the Russian Ministry of Health, believes that there will be no second wave of coronavirus infection in the country.
“We expect that after all this will not be the second wave, but a slight rise in the incidence rate.
The second wave should be talked about when the first wave is completely completed.
We are still only seeing a decrease in the incidence after that first wave - this is mainly April this year, ”TASS quotes the words of an infectious disease specialist.
According to him, it is correct to talk about "a certain seasonal rise in the incidence."
Chulanov noted that an increase in the incidence should be expected in September-October.
“The increase in morbidity is associated with the beginning of the school year, the working year, as new school teams, student and work teams are beginning to form, many have returned from vacations.
This leads to closer social contacts and, accordingly, to a slight increase in the incidence ... This is not something ... unusual, "added the specialist.
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Russian statistics
Over the past day, 6065 cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in 84 regions of Russia.
The operational headquarters reports that 24.1% of the identified cases do not have clinical manifestations of the disease.
In the 24 hours preceding this, 5905 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the Russian Federation, the day before - 5762.
In total, 1,097,251 people have fallen ill since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Russia.
During the same period, 19,339 deaths (1.76%) were recorded from complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases.
In the past 24 hours, 144 people have died.
At the same time, 906 462 people (82.61%) recovered on the territory of the Russian Federation, including 5255 in the last day.
According to the operational headquarters, the regions with the lowest daily growth rates were the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (0%), the Moscow Region (0.2%), as well as Moscow, the Smolensk Region, the Chuvash Republic, the Tula Region and the Chechen Republic (0.3% ).
Earlier, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development Anastasia Rakova said that another 919 patients in the capital have recovered from coronavirus.
“The number of people who have recovered in Moscow continues to grow.
Over the past day after undergoing treatment, another 919 patients have recovered.
The total number of those recovered from the infection has increased to 236,055, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
From the data of the Moscow Department of Health, it follows that the mortality rate of coronavirus in the capital for the entire period of the epidemic is 5.06%.
This indicator takes into account all cases where COVID-19 acted as the main or co-morbid disease.
In situations where infection was the main cause of death, the mortality rate is 2.42%, the department said.
Note that in Moscow, the number of new cases of coronavirus disease detected per day was 825.
As Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said earlier, the increase in the number of detected cases is associated with a large volume of testing.
“This is primarily due to the large number of tests.
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, now the volume of PCR testing has reached 66 thousand, "the mayor said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
According to him, the increase in the number of studies is also due to the fact that many citizens have returned from holidays and must pass tests for coronavirus.
In addition, in the fall, cases of colds become more frequent, and people, feeling unwell, also go to clinics to check if they have contracted COVID-19, Sobyanin added.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, to date, 42.4 million laboratory tests have been carried out in Russia for the presence of a new coronavirus.
It is noted that 361 thousand tests were made per day.
Due to the spread of the virus, 239 192 people remain under medical supervision.
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Restoring international traffic
Meanwhile, Russia continues to restore international traffic suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
From September 21, flights to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus will be resumed on a reciprocal basis.
Flights between Moscow and the capitals of these states (Nur-Sultan, Bishkek and Minsk) will be operated once a week.
This decision was made following a meeting of the operational headquarters to combat coronavirus infection.
In addition, flights to South Korea will resume from September 27.
Flights from Moscow to Seoul and back will also be operated once a week.
The headquarters also said that from September 21, Russia will stop all export flights "in connection with the resumption of transport links between states and the possibility for Russian citizens to return home by regular flights."
“As an alternative to export flights, aircraft returning to Russia after carrying out cargo, cargo-passenger, transit flights will be used on a commercial basis,” the headquarters said.