He stated that this coronavirus "did not enter the human population today, not until summer, not until fall."

“He came for many, many years, maybe even forever,” RIA Novosti quotes RIA Novosti.

He suggested that "70% (of the world's population. - RT ) will get this infection."

Earlier, a virologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor Anatoly Alstein in an interview with NSN gave a forecast for the peak incidence of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia.