“We are observing growth, we already feel it today, it is more pronounced, it began in the last days of August.
Today's risks - we assumed, and this is being realized - are associated with the onset of the cold season, namely, the season of acute respiratory viral infections, ”RIA Novosti quoted Popova as saying.
She stated that "first of all, it is connected with the fact that people do not comply with the requirements."
Therefore, according to him, "the main task today is not to return to fear, not to fear, but to be alert to a new infection."
Earlier it was reported that 7,523 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day.
The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country is 1,143,571.
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Igor Vysotsky, in an interview with Nation News, appreciated the importance of discipline in lifting restrictive measures on coronavirus.