“We cannot exclude another wave, taking into account the past New Year holidays and how the situation in Europe is developing,” TASS quoted her as saying on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum.

At the end of December, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, announced that Moscow is at the peak of the incidence of coronavirus infection.

According to him, an improvement in the situation with COVID-19 is predicted in Moscow by the end of January.

At the same time, according to Sobyanin, in May the capital will be able to return to normal life if people are vaccinated against coronavirus.