Rospotrebnadzor saw no reason to return covid restrictions

In RUSSIA, there has been an increase in the incidence of CORONAVIRUS, but at the moment a return to restrictive measures due to covid-19 is not required, according to a message on the website of Rospotrebnadzor.

According to the results of the week from August 1 to August 7, the incidence rate of coronavirus increased by almost 60% compared to the week before. Despite this, “at the current stage of development of the epidemic process associated with the spread of the BA.4 / BA.5 sublines of the Omicron strain, the resumption of restrictive measures is not required,” the department said.

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However, for people at risk (the elderly and those with chronic diseases), Rospotrebnadzor recommends wearing masks in public places.

Over the past two weeks, the BA.4/BA.5 subline has dominated among detected cases, accounting for almost 92.71% of sequences (read viral nucleotide sequences), according to the agency. Subline BA.2 accounted for 6.68%, BA.1 - 0.31%, BA.2.75 ("centaur", considered more contagious than all the previous ones) - only one sequence.

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The incidence in the country began to rise in July after a three-month decline. From the beginning of the month to its end, it almost quadrupled, and by August 7, when the number of infected people exceeded 20,000 for the first time since the end of March, almost seven times.

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According to the latest data from the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, by August 9, 16,325 new cases were detected in Russia, the second day in a row there is a decrease in the number of cases after the peak on August 7. At the same time, the number of hospitalized compared to August 8 has more than doubled (to 2572 people), and the number of deaths for the first time since June 25 exceeded 60 people.

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