WHO announced Russia's exit to a plateau in the incidence of COVID-19

In Russia, there are positive changes in the epidemiological situation with CORONAVIRUS. This was stated by the representative of the World HEALTH Organization (WHO) in Russia, Melita Vujnovich, in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.

According to her, now we can already talk about signs of reaching a plateau in the number of cases of infection with coronavirus. However, she stressed that one should not calm down, since after the plateau there can be a very high incidence rate - 30,000 cases per day.

“So for everyone to have a good Christmas and New Year, it is very important that the number of cases continue to decrease,” Vujnovic said, noting that it is also important to give the health care system a “pause”.

At the end of November, British scientists identified a new strain of the omicron coronavirus in South Africa and Botswana. Since then, cases of infection with a new variant have been recorded in at least 89 countries. The WHO noted that the omicron strain is spreading "extremely rapidly" and added that they expect an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths due to the spread of the strain.