“We have not been able to avoid a new rise in the incidence rate due to the massive neglect of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus,” Pshenichnaya RIA Novosti quotes.
According to her, “their observance is especially important now, when the Indian strain is circulating and the most active part of the population - young people are spreading it in their midst and in other age groups”.
According to data as of June 18, 17,262 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia per day.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 5,281,309.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, immunologist Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with FAN, assessed the situation with COVID-19 in Russia.