“As long as the tense epidemiological situation continues, the mask mode will continue.

Until the moment when the spread of the virus will not acquire such proportions, when it becomes an ordinary seasonal rhinitis, "- quotes TASS specialist.

He was asked if the incidence of coronavirus in winter could decline due to low temperatures.

According to him, the climatic factor has only a minor effect on the spread of infection, since the coronavirus "does not live in the cold, but in the human body."

Earlier, RT wrote that Russia is developing a technical vision system called "Mask", which will detect violations in state institutions associated with the lack of a mask or other personal protective equipment. 

At the end of October, Rospotrebnadzor ordered all Russians to wear masks in places of mass stay, transport, in parking lots and in elevators.