“Victory over the coronavirus - you know what?
The coronavirus will be with us, it will infect a small part of the population with easily occurring infections, and we will treat it with the same disdain as we treat the coronaviruses of four other types that have been with us for many years, ”he said in interview with radio Sputnik.
Altstein noted that there is still a long way to go before the final victory over the coronavirus.
“I'm afraid it will take years, not months.
I think it's about one, two, three years.
This victory will take place, including in developing countries, which in this respect do not differ in any way from developed countries, ”added the virologist.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the current situation with coronavirus infection is fundamentally different from that observed this spring, since Russia is currently ready to fight COVID-19.