“Some increase (the incidence of coronavirus. -

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) is possible ... Even the Ministry of Health warned that a rise is possible, but I don’t think it will be big,” RIA Novosti quotes his words when asked about the possibility of a worsening of the situation with COVID-19 in Moscow after the holidays.

Malyshev stressed that at present, fewer Russians began to travel abroad.

“The Chinese experienced a sharp increase after the Olympics, when, despite the ongoing events, nevertheless, a rise began, and this is due to the migration of the population,” the specialist summed up.

Earlier it became known that 1442 people with coronavirus infection were hospitalized in Russia per day.