"Population studies, the result of which was announced by the Pasteur Institute, which conducts all this work in the country, suggests that almost half of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan today has immunity," TASS quotes her.

Earlier, Popova said that a study of population immunity in 26 Russian regions shows the presence of immunity to infection in at least 25% of the population.

The most protected category turned out to be children of preschool and primary school age.