“At the conference call, the situation with the spread of a new coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation was also discussed.

Addressing the meeting participants, the head of the department, Anna Popova, stressed that, despite the relative stabilization of the epidemiological situation in the country, there is no need to talk about the end of the pandemic, ”TASS said in a statement.

Earlier it was reported that 3,462 people with coronavirus infection were hospitalized in Russia per day.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences Gennady Onishchenko, in an interview with the FAN, commented on the situation with the spread of "stealth omicron".