“Yes, the flu came this year in earnest.
The most unpleasant thing in this situation is that exactly the version of the flu that causes the most serious damage to health has come, ”RIA Novosti quotes her words in an interview with Naila Asker-zade on the Russia 1 channel.
Popova added that the influenza A (H1N1) virus first appeared in Russia in 2009, it has a high potential for spread.
“The healthcare system is ready to receive a large number of calls and to receive a large number of patients,” she stressed.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor expressed the hope that this could be avoided.
Earlier, Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said that Russian flu vaccines contain preventive components, including those against swine flu.