And urged to tell about it “honestly”
Vladimir Putin was interested in the conditions under which Russia resumed flights to foreign countries, the objectivity of the morbidity indicators in which is questionable. “If our people get sick, what should they do? Where to go? How to be treated? How are we going to export them?”, the president tortured Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. During the discussion, it turned out that these issues were not considered by officials. Citizens travel abroad under their own personal responsibility. If something happens, all the risks associated with treatment and return to their homeland, this time the tourists themselves will have to take on themselves.
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According to Golikova, the vast majority of patients are people aged 20 to 49 years. The share of the older age group is 24%. Due to the spread of the Indian strain “delta”, which, in addition to Moscow, already dominates in the Nizhny Novgorod and Saratov regions and is actively increasing its presence in St. Petersburg, many are seriously ill, the mortality rate has increased by 21.3% over the past week, although it was constantly decreasing earlier. The good news is that Russia has not yet reached an even more contagious strain of ” delta +”, which was reported by Indian scientists. But there is no doubt that thisit’s just a matter of time. Therefore, it is necessary to restore restrictions to the maximum, strengthen control over the mask regime and speed up vaccination. “I ask citizens to feel sorry for medical workers who have been working for 1.5 years without holidays, on full wear and tear!” – Golikova said with feeling. Although the peculiarity of the new mutation “is a decrease in the activity of antibodies to the virus in those who have been ill and vaccinated,” the deputy prime minister promised that Russian vaccines will provide the necessary protection, and in case of timely treatment to doctors, the disease will pass in a mild form.
After that, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin added gloomy colors to the already bleak picture at the request of the GDP. “The situation has become explosive, there has never been such a thing, medical opportunities are not unlimited, this week will show maximum hospitalization” – there was not a glimmer of optimism in the words of the mayor. According to Sobyanin, the weakening of restrictions, which Golikova referred to as the main reason, “does not explain such an explosion.” The main thing is a new Indian strain that requires”twice as much immunity compared to the “Wuhan”one. Mayorhe warned that there would be no quick victory over him. “What are the forecasts? In my opinion, the situation will be difficult. And so far, it’s not something to relax, we don’t even have to make any optimistic forecasts,” he said honestly. And only the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko managed to say at least something good to Vladimir Putin. Although the incidence of coronavirus is indeed growing, fortunately, there are no problems with the bed fund and access to a ventilator. According to the Minister, 15% of beds are still in reserve. And only 3,800 out of 23 thousand places provided with oxygen supply are occupied in intensive care units.