“We have another risk group ... these are people who have suffered from COVID-19,” TASS quoted Popova as saying in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.
She explained that the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the body's immune system.
“Therefore, this is a new risk group and people who need to be vaccinated against the flu,” - summed up the head of the department.
Earlier, Popova said that the increase in the incidence of coronavirus is recorded in 36 Russian regions.
In an interview with URA.RU, immunologist, candidate of medical sciences Nikolay Kryuchkov spoke about the danger of simultaneous ARVI and COVID-19