Gunzburg warned against vaccination “a teaspoon per hour”

To end the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, it is enough to vaccinate 70% of people in six months, but if this process goes slowly, then the infection will spread “to infinity.” This was stated by "RIA Novosti" DIRECTOR of the Center. N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg.

“If we vaccinate 70% of the population in six months, then the pandemic will end, then we will open the borders, return to normal life. And if vaccination goes a teaspoon per hour, then we will count the waves to infinity, ”he said.

A year ago, in January 2021, Minister of HEALTH Mikhail Murashko announced that the level of herd immunity should be increased to 60% of all adult residents of the country. Later, the operational headquarters corrected the estimate and estimated the required level of vaccinated people at 80%. In early November, Deputy Prime Minister and HEAD of the operational headquarters Tatyana Golikova noted that Russian and foreign experts advise raising the bar to 90-95%. “We still leave the bar at least 80%,” she said.

By January 6, the level of herd immunity in RUSSIA was 62.6%, it increased by 0.8% over the week. Golikova clarified that in a number of regions they exceeded the level of 80% - in Sevastopol (89.5%), St. Petersburg (81.4%) and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (80.6%).