“The insidious flu, and it gives very serious complications, and can develop rapidly, and give very serious conditions, and, of course, it is very contagious,” Popova said on the air of the Russia 24 channel.
His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
At the same time, she added that Russian flu vaccines work, more than 98% of those who fell ill in Russia were not vaccinated.
Previously Honored Doctor of Russia, Epidemiologist Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko, in an interview with NSN, advised parents not to self-medicate with flu symptoms in children.