“One cannot cope with a pandemic alone, one state cannot cope with a pandemic, it is impossible to cope with a pandemic by closing borders.
The pandemic is a common challenge that needs to be dealt with by common means, ”RIA Novosti quotes Medvedev.
He noted the need to strengthen international cooperation to effectively combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Look, even a fresh example with this “omicron” strain: it would seem that everyone is already accustomed to living in a different strain, maybe even more severe, but certain treatment regimens, and communication, and everything else were developed, and “omicron” appeared , and every day tens, hundreds of thousands of people in every country fall ill,” Medvedev said.
Earlier, Michael Ryan, director of the World Health Organization's emergency program, said that the emergency situation due to COVID-19 could be overcome in the world in 2022.
Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections Georgy Vikulov, in an interview with the NSN, commented on the situation with the pandemic against the backdrop of the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain.