The Moscow authorities consider it very likely that the fourth wave of the coronavirus epidemic will begin in September. This assessment was voiced by the head of the Moscow Department of Healthcare Alexei Khripun in the framework of the IV Forum of Social Innovations of the Regions, answering the question about the readiness of the city infrastructure to re-profile medical institutions if necessary.

“(Reverse profiling -

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You saw three waves, but we clearly know what will happen now in September (and the probability of the fourth wave is very high): in what sequence, which hospitals, which polyclinics ... which CT centers are being launched (to work with coronavirus patients. -

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), in what order, at what level of morbidity and at what level of referral to an ambulance, for example, and the level of hospitalizations - this technology is very well developed both there and back, ”he said.

Earlier, the head doctor of the hospital in Kommunarka Denis Protsenko and the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova also stated that in September, due to the return of people from vacations and a number of other factors, an increase in the incidence of coronavirus should be expected.

Against this background, in the materials of the presentation of Alexei Khripun, it was reported that more than 4.8 million residents of the capital were vaccinated against COVID-19.

The other day, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that more than 46 million people in the country received the first component of the coronavirus vaccine, and 39 million Russians were fully vaccinated.

According to the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will remain in the population for a long time, and new diseases will appear in the future.

In this regard, she drew attention to the importance of the Sanitary Shield project, designed to protect Russians as effectively as possible.

In addition, the head of Rospotrebnadzor noted the availability of vaccination in the Russian Federation.

According to her, this causes the envy of many foreign countries.

“There are five registered vaccines in Russia today, and believe me, they are all effective and, most importantly, safe.

Today we can protect the population of the Russian Federation, and today there

are more than enough of

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Recognition of "Sputnik V"

In turn, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko said: “(Sputnik V. -

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) is a vaccine that is known all over the world.

Over the past decades, this is probably the first breakthrough in medical science, when a drug is known all over the world.

And they trust.

Now at the G20 they said: "Sputnik is better."

On September 5, Murashko, speaking at a meeting of the G20 health ministers in Rome, called for mutual recognition by the G20 states of the fact of vaccination with drugs approved by their authorized bodies.

“A consensus is needed on the coordination of research and the development of common regulatory approaches to ensure the earliest availability of medical products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, including vaccines against new strains of pathogens that arise during pandemics.

The regulatory assessment of vaccines should be based on scientific evidence and not have political overtones, ”he said.

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Recall that Sputnik V became the world's first vaccine against coronavirus, and now the drug has already been approved in 70 countries with a total population of 4 billion people.

On September 9, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyjarto said in an interview with RBC that Sputnik V is very popular in the country: “We have fully used our reserves.”

According to him, almost a million people in Hungary have been vaccinated with the Russian drug.

“We signed a contract for 2 million doses, and they were delivered on time, the quality was impeccable,” he explained.

Siirto added that the Hungarian government is in talks with a Russian vaccine manufacturer to begin production of Sputnik V under license.

Meanwhile, Marco Cavaleri, head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) department for health threats and vaccination strategies, said the EU regulator needs more data on the Sputnik V vaccine.

"As for the Sputnik V and Sinovac vaccines, there are quite productive discussions with the companies, however, it seems that more data should be sent before we can make progress in a consistent examination," TASS quotes him.

Russia applied to the EMA to register Sputnik V in the EU on January 29.

At the end of April, it became known about the completion of the first stage of the examination.

In early June, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said it had not received any criticism from the EMA about the vaccine.

In mid-July, the European regulator reported that the process of evaluating Sputnik V continues.

COVID-19 incidence statistics in Russia

In Russia over the past day, 18,380 new cases of coronavirus were detected, of which the largest number was in Moscow (1801), St. Petersburg (1380) and the Moscow region (525).

During this time, 19,639 people recovered, 794 patients died.

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the country has reached 7,084,284; 6,340,151 patients have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia.

From complications against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases, 190,376 people died.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over 182.3 million laboratory tests have been carried out in the country for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, about 1.13 million people remain under medical supervision.