“It is natural that it is natural that it gets sick more than it recovers.
When there is an upsurge, there will always be more sick people than recovering people.
Those who got infected two, three, four weeks before, when the incidence was low, are recovering, ”he said.
In his opinion, the situation will level out.
Altstein noted that the figures for the increase in cases in Russia are quite average.
In an interview with URA.RU, the virologist said that "gradually everything will improve."
“This period may not take two years, as with the Spanish flu, maybe more,” he said.
Earlier it was reported that 19,768 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day, for the entire time 1,693,454 patients with COVID-19 were registered in the country.