Zero coronavirus patient detected in Russia
Patient zero, the first infected with coronavirus in Russia, was identified on March 1. About this in the film “Dangerous Virus. First Year “on the channel” Russia 1 “said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, reports TASS.
“We are now talking about who has already spread the infection, we started this in March,” she explained and added that by March 17, the country had recorded the hundredth case of infection.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor also noted that the very first cases in Russia were three cases of COVID-19 from China, but they did not give an impetus to the spread of the virus, and thanks to tight control, the disease was contained.
Popova stressed that the pandemic potential of the coronavirus became clear to Russian specialists already in January. “As soon as our Chinese colleagues decided on its properties, it became clear that all the events needed to be launched. (…) That this is not just an ordinary seasonal new virus, ”she said.
On December 11, Popova said that the epidemiological situation with the coronavirus in Russia is quite difficult. According to her, vaccination will keep the situation under control.
On December 2, President Vladimir Putin ordered the start of vaccination against coronavirus in Russia with the domestic drug Sputnik V. In Moscow, vaccination began on December 5. The first to receive the drug will be doctors, social workers, law enforcement officers. People over 60 years old and children will be able to get vaccinated after testing the vaccine in these categories of the population.
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