“In many regions, the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection remains quite tense,” he said during a meeting of the coordinating council for combating coronavirus.

The prime minister said that "in hospitals and polyclinics, almost all forces are directed to the fight against covid and the costs for these purposes are also increasing."

According to the data of the headquarters as of December 1, 26,402 cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected in Russia during the day.

The total number of confirmed cases since the start of the epidemic in the country has reached 2,322,056.

Deputy of the State Duma of the III-V convocations, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Kolesnikov, in an interview with FAN, recalled the peculiarities of the disease.