In Russia, over the past day, 23,721 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected.
During this time, 37,285 people have fully recovered in the country, 968 patients have died.
The largest number of new cases was recorded in Moscow (2,180), St. Petersburg (1,851) and the Moscow region (1,565).
The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the country has reached 10,392,020. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 9,259,771 people have been cured in Russia, and 304,218 patients have died.
The capital's operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus reported that 708 people were hospitalized in Moscow per day, 515 patients are on mechanical ventilation.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, for the entire time of the pandemic, more than 238.3 million tests were carried out in the country to detect COVID-19.
Press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov for the program “Moscow.
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Putin "on the Russia 1 TV channel called the past year difficult in terms of a pandemic, and expressed concern that it would not be possible to defeat the coronavirus in the coming year.
“The year was difficult, indeed, in terms of a pandemic, probably the beginning of the year does not bode well for us either,” Peskov said.
A Kremlin spokesman noted that Russia may face "a certain number of new waves."
Peskov previously noted that it is impossible to make any predictions about the timing of the pandemic.
“We see what is happening with the omicron in Europe, we understand with you that the omicron is already here,” Peskov said.
In turn, the head of the laboratory of mechanisms of population variability of pathogenic microorganisms of the Center.
Gamalei Vladimir Gushchin said that the new omicron strain in the countries where it has spread is beginning to displace the delta strain.
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“In Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, the United States, we see that the omicron is very quickly beginning to replace the delta,” he said.
However, he did not agree with the opinion that the omicron strain could become a "live vaccine" against COVID-19.
“For sure, the omicron strain does not look like, shall we say, a vaccine,” he added.
The head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, said yesterday that people who have contracted the coronavirus often go to doctors on the sixth or seventh day of the disease, when the phase of development of the acute course of the disease is already underway, and the provision of medical care is extremely difficult, and the choice of treatment methods is limited.
“The population and the medical staff, I appeal to both, must remember that today, when providing medical care, applying for medical care, you need to do this as early as possible.
And medical professionals must respond quickly and in a timely manner to the initiation of treatment.
The actual first three to four days are key for ... ensuring positive outcomes, "TASS quotes him.
Meanwhile, virologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with RT, spoke about the precautions that should be taken while traveling in order to avoid infection.
“I would advise all Russians who are going to travel somewhere, first, to think carefully about whether this trip is needed during an epidemic.
Secondly, they must all be vaccinated.
Thirdly, they must follow basic rules, ”said the virologist.
The specialist recalled the need to wear masks in transport and in crowded places.
He also stressed that it is necessary to change the mask approximately every two hours and wash your hands as often as possible.
At the same time, therapist, toxicologist Aleksey Vodovozov, in an interview with Sputnik radio, recalled that "vaccination with two doses of the vaccine shows a higher result than the previous disease."
The physician emphasized that vaccines provide protection against severe cases of the course of the disease, getting on ventilators and deaths.
Meanwhile, in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO)), store employees were obliged, at the first request of buyers, to present a QR code confirming vaccination against coronavirus.
This is stated in the decree of the Governor Natalia Komarova.
"Employees of organizations, individual entrepreneurs, citizens selling goods, providing services, performing work to the population are required to present ... a QR code confirming the fact of their vaccination against a new coronavirus infection ... at the first request of buyers, persons who are provided services, work is performed" , - RIA Novosti quotes the decree.