“In the 52nd week of 2022 (12/26/2022 – 01/01/2023) in the Russian Federation, there is a decrease in the total incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) by 29.3% compared to the previous week,” the ministry said in a statement.

The structure of circulating respiratory viruses is still dominated by influenza viruses (81.3%).

Earlier, an immunologist, candidate of medical sciences Zoya Skorpileva spoke about the deadly complications of influenza.