WHO Representative in Russia spoke about the effectiveness of the holiday regime

“We understand that more than 1,000 people die every day, this is a big number,” she said.

Vujnovic noted that “it is very important that practically all the measures mentioned for 20 months or longer are applied in order to reduce the increase in cases”.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that the effect of the measures taken to combat the coronavirus infection COVID-19 would not come immediately.

According to data as of November 1, 40 402 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day.

In total, 8,554,192 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic, the operational headquarters said.