Gennady Onishchenko: “No one canceled the pandemic, there is no need to relax”

According to State Duma deputy Gennady Onishchenko, recently everyone has relaxed a lot and decided that the pandemic is no more. “The WHO recalls that it continues to consider the coronavirus infection a global epidemic, but no one has canceled the pandemic, and monkeypox has also appeared, which has also been declared a global epidemic,” Onishchenko said.

He added that when things start to go down, we start to relax. The expert is alarmed by the fact that the number of examinations is sharply decreasing: “This means that the detection rate is lower, and we are further and further away from the real numbers of patients. People with a mild temperature continue to infect others and give Omicron the opportunity to look for ways to become something else. “Omicron” is achieving greater contagiousness and virulence. WHO does not rule out the possibility of a new mutation that will provide another rise. “

The second point that Onishchenko is worried about is that Russia is gradually moving away from vaccinations, although the picture is different in the world. “According to October 14, more than 25 million people have been vaccinated in the world over the past 24 hours, and our numbers are simply ridiculous. A decrease in the number of people being examined and vaccinated makes it impossible to control the situation and creates an opportunity for the virus to mutate. We must get away from unreasonable relaxation and complete this pandemic.”