The Regional Headquarters has returned the wearing of masks in public transport

The mask regime in public transport, as well as the wearing of masks for the personnel of organizations working with the population, will still be of a recommendatory nature.

This decision was made at a meeting of the operational team due to the increase in the number of cases of covid-19 . Over the past week, about 1,200 new cases of CORONAVIRUS infection have been detected in the Novosibirsk region, and the number of SARS infections is growing.

According to the federal Rospotrebnadzor, the incidence of COVID-19 continues to grow in RUSSIA, and about 50% of detected cases occur in three regions: Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region.

“It is advisable to recommend wearing masks in public places, in crowded places, on transport and indoors (at the place of work or study),” the ministry said in a statement. The first of the regions of Russia to return the mandatory mask regime in public places Buryatia, the decision was made on August 16.

Since the start of the pandemic, five waves of coronavirus have passed in Russia. The last one started in January. At its peak, on February 11, almost 204 thousand cases of infection were detected in the country per day.

According to experts interviewed by RBC Novosibirsk, a feature of the new sub-variant of "omicron" is increased infectivity, since it is believed that the virus has an increased ability to overcome immunity. It is predicted that the "centaur" may have more opportunities to affect the lower respiratory tract with the development of pneumonia.

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