The president said this during a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the defense industry.

“We have a very difficult situation in the country.

40 thousand, more than 40 thousand cases.

This has never happened, ”Putin said.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that after a full course of vaccination against coronavirus with Russian drugs, from 2 to 5% of vaccinated citizens are sick.

According to the headquarters, 40 402 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day.

The day before, it became known about 40,993 cases.