“We always know in the fall, these are epidemiological laws, that when people return from vacations, children return to school, work collectives gather ... and, of course, when they get together, they exchange not only information about summer vacations, but sometimes viral information, microbacterial information,” she said.

According to her, "such an exchange leads, of course, to an increase in the number of diseases."

“In all teams.

This is usually observed in the second decade of September.

This is an annual regular rise, but we are already used to it, ”Popova added.

Earlier, Popova said that a campaign to vaccinate the population against influenza had begun in Russia.