“As you know, this year regional programs for the modernization of primary health care have been launched ... the tasks that have arisen, but, nevertheless, we have already started this work and will continue it, ”he said.

According to him, 550 billion rubles have already been allocated for the corresponding purposes.

“There are a lot of problems requiring solutions that worry people here.

Therefore, the government, the Ministry of Health, the heads of the subjects of the federation must now work in a special, headquarters mode.

I ask United Russia to join in, especially locally, in municipalities, where these programs are mainly implemented, ”he added.

Earlier, press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin "absolutely agree" with the assessment of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, who called the reason for the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 "total nihilism" of Russians in relation to preventive measures. 

Doctor of Medical Sciences, immunologist Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with FAN, assessed the situation with COVID-19 in Russia.