To talk about the third wave, you still need to wait some time. What we have had so far is a long, protracted plateau. For a long time now [the incidence rate] has been at the level of 8-9 thousand [per day], but now it has exceeded and has gone higher, ”explained the doctor of medical sciences.
In addition, Anatoly Alshtein said that it is still impossible to say that a new strain has become the cause of the increase in incidence. To date, there is no information about the identification of the virus, but the scientist suggested that now the increase in incidence was due to the same strain that was before.
The professor did not deny the appearance of a new lockdown in the future, but nevertheless expressed the hope that the state could do only by strengthening security measures.
I hope that there will be no lockdown, but will simply strengthen anti-epidemic measures: wearing masks, the use of which has practically come to naught, washing hands and distancing, ”the virologist noted the main rules.
The professor also said that wearing masks and gloves, although it protects against the spread of coronavirus, is not one hundred percent. Alstein recalled that basic precautions in the form of masks and gloves can reduce the risks of infection by several times. But still, the main and proven way to reduce the possibility of infection at the moment is only the vaccine.
People must be vaccinated. There are good vaccines in Russia, with the exception of EpiVacCorona. Scientists have proven that it is ineffective, ”said Anatoly Alshtein.
Earlier at a meeting of the 74th World Health Assembly, Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus warned that soon humanity may face a more deadly virus than COVID-19.
Also, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin noted the increase in the severity of the disease from COVID-19 in the capital. The politician said that many residents are currently in intensive care under ventilators. According to him, the danger of growth is high and very real, and the peak of the pandemic will be in June – July.