“Of course, now everyone is 'relaxed' and thinks that the covid is leaving, the situation is better now, but while the virus is still not going anywhere, we must take care of ourselves and our loved ones,” Golikova said.

According to data as of March 9, 9,445 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia during the day.

In total, 4,342,474 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since the beginning of the epidemic.

URA.RU reported that a professor at the Belozersky Institute of Moscow State University, Alexei Agranovsky, gave a forecast regarding a pandemic in Russia.