The current wave of coronavirus infections will decline in early spring, after which such large rises as in autumn and December will not occur until the end of the pandemic. Such terms were predicted by the doctor-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok , reports URA.RU.
According to him, Russia has reached a plateau in terms of the highest infection rate, from which it will begin to emerge in late February-early March.
At the same time, according to the virologist Alexey Agranovsky , one should not expect a sharp decline in the number of infections – it will be smooth and gradual. Vaccination will play an important role in this, accelerating the decline in the pandemic, he added.
Previously, an infectious disease specialist Nikolai Malyshev told that in the future the coronavirus will be milder, but will remain among people. Vaccinations are needed to reduce the spread of the infection, he said, but the virus will not go away completely. He added that people will have to live with the coronavirus “for the rest of the time,” but it will become less severe.
In Russia, over the past day, 24,246 new cases of coronavirus infection, 518 deaths, 22,632 recoveries were detected. Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has been identified in 3,284,384 people, 59,506 deaths and 2,662,668 recoveries.