Popova announced the departure of the wave of COVID-19 from Moscow and St. Petersburg to the regions Russia is moving away from another wave of coronavirus, Popova said. According to her, COVID-19

Popova announced the departure of the wave of COVID-19 from Moscow and St. Petersburg to the regions Russia is moving away from another wave of coronavirus, Popova said. According to her, COVID-19
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moves from the central part of the country to the regions

The spread of coronavirus in the central part of Russia is declining and moving to the regions, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

“If at first the distribution was in the central part and the central capital cities - these are Moscow, the Moscow region and St. Petersburg, these were the very first cities, but now there is a decrease here and the wave goes to the regions,” she said (quoted by RIA Novosti ").

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In general, in Russia, according to the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the situation with COVID-19 is manageable. “As we expected, the period from the beginning of the rise to the peak was no more than five to six weeks, the course is quite mild, this is a different version of the virus,” Popova said.

Over the past day, 51.7 thousand cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia, follows from the data of the operational headquarters. The daily increase has continued to rise since July. 98 people died from COVID-19 per day, and 101 the day before, which was a record since May.

The incidence of COVID-19 in Russia began to rise in mid-July, after the lifting of all restrictions. Rospotrebnadzor explained the increase in the incidence of the spread of more infectious subspecies of the omicron strain. In the regions, it is recommended to wear masks if the weekly incidence rate exceeds 50 cases per 100,000 population.

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