TASS reports.

“Of course, you need to accelerate.

And even earlier we should have accelerated.

But today it is urgently needed ... In order to prevent another explosive growth in the autumn, ”Popova said.

She previously explained why it is necessary to form an 80% immunity to the coronavirus.

According to Popova, this is due to mutations that lead to its much more infectiousness.

Over the past day, 23,564 cases of COVID-19 were detected in Russia.

The total number of cases during the epidemic was 6,242,066.