Smolny: "Petersburg will achieve collective immunity in a month"

The vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Oleg Ergashev, said that herd immunity in the city would be achieved within a month. “We will soon approach the figure of 60%. And it will be possible to talk about collective immunity, ”RIA Novosti quotes the official.

In general, the Vice Governor assessed the situation with covid-19 in St. Petersburg as tense, but stable. The city has seen a gradual decrease in the incidence, and now we can talk about a plateau, he added.

According to official data, by September 9, more than 1.5 million Petersburgers had completed the full cycle of vaccination against covid. There are 172 vaccination points in polyclinics in the city, and about 30 more sites are open in shopping and entertainment centers. Vaccination can also be done at 42 mobile points.

According to the operational headquarters for combating the spread of infection, 1,380 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in St. Petersburg over the past day. The prevalence rate of the disease in the city is less than one and is 0.73. More than 3.5 thousand people remain in hospital with CORONAVIRUS, 365 of them are in intensive care, 137 are connected to mechanical ventilation.