“The population immunity, I’m more than sure, is much higher among citizens of our country than among European or American residents,” Gunzburg said on the Russia 24 television channel.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that COVID-19 is asymptomatic in more than 40% of patients, and another 22% of patients develop pneumonia.

Golikova also stated that it is unprofitable for Russian hospitals to underestimate mortality data for patients with coronavirus infection, in particular, this is due to tariffs for the treatment of such patients.