“We need to use the existing protection mechanisms and create such a system - this is what I want to make a special emphasis on - that will allow us to quickly, according to a certain algorithm, and at the same time effectively defend against new threats,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, infections and viruses have always been near a person, but it is time to prepare in advance for such challenges.

Earlier, Medvedev said that the first meeting of the interdepartmental commission of the Security Council on the creation of a national system of protection against new infections will be convened in the near future.