Russia (bbabo.net), - Virologist Sergey Netesov announced his forecast for how long the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Russia will last. "We must prepare for the worst. For the fact that this wave will be long - for two, three or four months. In our country, collective immunity is still very small - less than 60 percent," the RIA Novosti expert quotes.

But virologist Pyotr Chumakov believes that after February 10, the wave of COVID-19 in Russia will decline. “This wave of coronavirus is more acute, that is, it rises quickly and falls just as quickly,” he said.

Recall that the epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation has worsened due to the rapid spread of the Omicron strain, which is actively replacing the Delta variant. Doctors have repeatedly said that "omicron" is more contagious, but less pathogenic.

For example, over the past day in Moscow, only 1,383 people were hospitalized with coronavirus. This is 6 percent of the total number of cases. And with the "delta" this figure reached 20 percent. The healthcare system is coping.

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