“The epidemic has not gone anywhere, it continues.
The most important method (of fighting the disease. - RT) is vaccination.
It is necessary to be vaccinated.
Everyone who is able to get the vaccine must get it.
And as a result, if we are able to ensure that we have about 60% of immune people, we will receive a significant reduction and normalization of the situation, "said Altstein.
He also recalled that after vaccination, a person acquires immunity within about 20-40 days.
“The main thing is vaccination.
We need to support her in every possible way.
Our Sputnik V vaccine is a vaccine with well-proven efficacy, it must be widely used, ”concluded Altstein.
Earlier it was reported that in Russia, a coronavirus infection was detected in 9462 people per day.
As reported by the media, such growth rates became the maximum since March 20.
At the same time, in Moscow, the number of COVID-19 infected has reached 3,818 cases - the maximum since January.