“Today, each new strain suggests that it is a little stronger than the previous one, but at the same time it is still the same virus ... Today you need to be vaccinated, why?
The less the virus is in contact with different people, the less it has the ability to mutate.
Our main task is to stop its spread, so we need to take root today, ”TASS quotes her as saying.
Popova also said that the rise in the incidence of coronavirus infection COVID-19 is observed in ten Russian regions.
Earlier, the chief physician of Invitro-Siberia, Andrei Pozdnyakov, said that the low rate of vaccination of the Russian population could lead to strong mutations of the coronavirus infection.