“I will repeat some key things - the readiness of the hospital network and the readiness of the industry: both the pharmaceutical industry and those who produce the necessary oxygen masks and so on and so on, personal protective equipment is the first.
Second, testing needs to be increased, of course, you are absolutely right, and you need to do this, and continue vaccination, ”Putin said.
Earlier, the Russian leader noted that the situation in the country with the coronavirus is difficult.
He did not rule out new outbreaks.
Professor of Virology at the Gamaleya Center Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the omicron strain.