Popova: British strain of coronavirus hardly spreads in Russia

“We have practically no spread of the British strain.

We closely monitor this among those who, having returned from any, from any trip, fell ill, showed some symptoms.

And so far these are isolated finds, "RIA Novosti quotes her as saying.

She noted that the Russian vaccines EpiVacCorona and Sputnik V are effective against the British strain.

She also said that to date, there are no samples of the South African and Brazilian strains of coronavirus in Russia.

Earlier, WHO spoke about the South African strain of the coronavirus.