Virologist allowed a new wave of COVID-19 due to the delta strain in small towns

“There are already prerequisites for a new wave of COVID-19.

I would say that, to a greater extent, these prerequisites exist not in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but in other regions, ”he said in an interview with Sputnik radio.

Skulachev said that in the two most densely populated cities of Russia, a large number of people have been ill and vaccinated against coronavirus.

In his opinion, this gives hope for "some herd immunity."

“There was no such serious epidemic in other regions, in smaller cities.

I am afraid that the delta strain may get there and we will see a rise in statistics (on the incidence of COVID-19. -

), "the virologist added.

Earlier, Denis Protsenko, the head physician of the Moscow hospital No. 40 in Kommunarka, said that in late September - early October in Russia there may be a new rise in the incidence of coronavirus infection.