"In the regions, the situation with the spread of the new coronavirus infection tends to stabilize, but I would like to draw your attention to the fact that traditionally April-May is a period of increased seasonal diseases," the government's press service quotes Golikova.

She noted that "taking into account the fact that COVID, according to experts, will also be seasonal in nature, fluctuations in the number of citizens who become ill with a new coronavirus infection are not excluded, and here stabilization may give way to some growth."

According to her, "the guarantee of a stable situation, the guarantee of the achievements that we have now, is the vaccination of the population."

According to data as of April 2, in Russia during the day, 8,792 people have confirmed coronavirus infection COVID-19.

The total number of infections reached 4,563,056.

Irina Yartseva, a member of the European Society of Allergists and Clinical Immunologists, therapist and immunologist, in an interview with FAN, assessed the situation with the pandemic in Russia.