(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Russian Deputy Prime Minister: Russia may form herd immunity in August this year
China News Agency, Moscow, March 2 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) On the 2nd, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova said in an interview with TASS that Russia is expected to form herd immunity in August this year.
Golikova said that we have developed a set of mathematical models to predict the date of herd immunity in all parts of Russia and all of Russia.
If calculated at the current rate and the current number of vaccination stations, Russia will reach herd immunity in August this year.
This date is subject to change and may be advanced, depending on the speed of vaccination.
Golikova said that the number of new coronavirus patients in Russia has been greatly reduced, but the epidemic is still serious.
The current epidemic situation in Russia is at the level at the end of May last year.
Golikova emphasized that we pay special attention to people over 60.
At present, 50% of the population who has been vaccinated are elderly people over 60.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 2nd that more than 286,000 Russian soldiers have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.
Among the officers and soldiers who participated in the military parade on the 76th anniversary of the victory of anti-fascism in May, 14,000 people received the first dose of the vaccine, and over 5,000 people received the second dose.
The inoculation of the infantry phalanx and the mechanized phalanx will be completed before March 25.
According to RIA Novosti that day, citing Voznensky, an associate professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the People's Friendship University of Russia, Russia may form herd immunity before the second half of this year.
Russian immunologist Djemshugov said on the same day that the Moscow epidemic may end at the end of May or early summer.
Russia has implemented mass vaccination since December last year.
According to previous news, 3655 new crown vaccination stations have been opened across Russia.
According to news from the Russian New Crown Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters on the 2nd, in the past day, there were 10,565 new cases of new crown infections in Russia. This is the first time since October 4 last year that the number of new cases in a single day was less than 11,000.
At present, the cumulative number of infections in Russia exceeds 4.268 million.
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