Rospotrebnadzor specialist Gorelov: non-working days have stabilized the situation with COVID-19 COVID-19. So the long weekend was assessed by Alexander Gorelov, deputy head for scientific work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, RIA Novosti quoted him.
In most regions of Russia, the increase in new patients with coronavirus infection has decreased and the situation with the incidence has stabilized, Gorelov noted. >
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, asked him to report to him how non-working days affected the situation with the spread of COVID-19.
Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that non-working days showed significant a decrease in the rate of increase in cases of COVID-19. According to her, last week it was only 2.1 percent.