the level of hospitalization with COVID-19 and ARVI after the holidays increased by 40% – Kommersant

The level of hospitalization of patients with acute respiratory viral infections, coronavirus and influenza after the New Year holidays increased by 40%, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. According to her, those who have been vaccinated do not get sick.

“What is most alarming is that the number of hospitalized people has also increased. Hospitalization rates also increased, but by 40%. This just means that people were treated at home and did not seek medical help,” the head of Rospotrebnadzor said in an interview with Rossiya 24 (quoted from TASS).

Ms. Popova added that vaccinated people “practically do not get sick.” “The isolated cases that we see are quite mild, and the incidence among vaccinated people is almost 150 times less than among unvaccinated people,” she says.

According to DSM Group, from January to November 2023 in Russia bought 79 million packages of antiviral drugs for 39 billion rubles, which was the minimum over the past three years. In November, the head of Rospotrebnadzor stated about a new wave of COVID-19 cases in the country. Today, January 17, she saidthat mass vaccination against the virus in the Russian Federation is no longer needed.

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Laura Keffer