there are no grounds for returning the mask regime – Kommersant

Regions decide to introduce a mask regime due to coronavirus for doctors and social organizations, based on the situation, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. According to her, there is now no reason to introduce a mask regime throughout the country. She clarified that so far few regions have returned to the mask regime.

“Today, the level of incidence and the structure of severity (of COVID-19) is such that there are no grounds for introducing a total mask regime in the country as a whole. But reasons for the epidemiological situation to introduce a mask regime among professional groups are emerging, and such decisions are being made in different regions,” Ms. Popova said at the exercise of mobile laboratories for rapid response to infectious diseases (quote from TASS).

Speaking about the flu, the head of Rospotrebnadzor clarified that the H1N1 influenza strain is expected to spread. She noted that this is “the most dangerous type of all four that are in the vaccine and that tend to spread.” “To date, 18 million people in the Russian Federation have been vaccinated, the task is to vaccinate at least 70% of people from risk groups,” added Anna Popova.

Since the end of August in the world started the incidence of coronavirus is growing, including due to the emergence of a new variant of “omicron” entitled “pirola”. Over the past week, the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia increased by 22.3%.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Masks are being thickened in the regions”.

Laura Keffer