State Duma Deputy Leonov suggested testing Russians for antibodies to coronavirus
To understand the real level of herd immunity to COVID-19 in Russia, you need to test Russians for the presence of antibodies. Such a proposal was made by a State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party, an immunologist Sergei Leonov in an interview with the radio station Sputnik.
According to him, the level of herd immunity in the country is difficult to determine, since some Russians bought certificates of vaccination against coronavirus or got sick at home, without going to a doctor and not taking a test for the presence of COVID-19.
“It is possible not to check everyone in large quantities. There are certain scientific methods on how to determine the level of immunity in a population. To do this, it is necessary to take a certain number of people of different ages from different regions and conduct a study, “the deputy said.
He added that with the help of testing it is also possible to understand in which regions the introduced ones worked because of the difficult epidemiological situation. restrictions.
Earlier, State Duma deputy Boyarsky proposed ways to combat fake vaccination certificates. According to him, it is necessary to make test purchases, be caught red-handed and start criminal cases against swindlers selling fake documents. It is important to remind Russians that the vaccine protects against severe illness and death, he stressed.