Popova announced refusal of mandatory vaccinations against COVID

Rospotrebnadzor does not require or suggest vaccination against CORONAVIRUS this season, said the HEAD of the department, Anna Popova.

“You need to get vaccinated when there is a risk to life and HEALTH from this infection. From today’s coronavirus, the risks of significant complications, hospitalization and death today are such that we do not require or propose to be immunized against covid this season,” she said at a government hour in the Federation Council (quoted by TASS ) .

Popova noted that if there are changes in the incidence of coronavirus, “we will make a vaccine and offer to get vaccinated.” According to the head of Rospotrebnadzor, it is now necessary to get vaccinated against the flu.

Popova also said that the epidemic situation with coronavirus infection in RUSSIA is worsening. COVID cases have doubled since the beginning of October. “I would like to note that the disease is predominantly spreading in Moscow, the region and St. Petersburg  - this is 31% of all cases registered here,” she said.

Ten cases of the new coronavirus subvariant “Pirola” have already been registered in Russia, Popova said. She noted that as recently as November 3, this virus had not been registered in Russia . According to the head of Rospotrebnadzor, seven cases were recorded in St. Petersburg, and three more in Moscow.

“All the Moscow cases have been fully resolved, and all of them are imported - these are Russians who came on vacation from Turkey and Germany,” she emphasized and stated that the department expects the spread of this variant in Russia.

This option does not cause a more severe course of the disease, but in the first days the temperature may exceed 38 degrees, Popova concluded.

At the end of October, the head of the Center named after. Gamaleya Alexander Ginzburg said that the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, has ceased to protect against new strains of the virus.

Virologists explained to RBC that as the virus multiplies, changes occur in its genome, which is why different variants of the virus appear, which may differ from the original one.

Experts interviewed by RBC agreed that the initial Sputnik V vaccine has become little protective against coronavirus infection, but noted that it still protects against severe disease.