“In a certain percentage of cases, which is likely to be constantly increasing, this percentage of severe deaths can no longer be calculated as 1-2%, but on the order of 5-10%.
Therefore, vaccination is absolutely necessary as a preventive measure against this disease, on the one hand, and on the other hand, in order to extinguish the epidemic process and develop collective immunity, ”Gintsburg quotes TASS.
Earlier it became known that 652 deaths of patients with confirmed coronavirus infection COVID-19 were recorded in Russia per day - this is the maximum daily rate during a pandemic.
According to data as of June 29, 20,616 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia in 24 hours.
In total, 5,493,557 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country during the pandemic.
Earlier, as the NSN reported, State Duma deputy, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko urged Russians to be vaccinated against coronavirus.