According to her, new recommendations on so-called close contacts were considered at the meeting
The recommendation would be 15 minutes over 24 hours total.
Melita Vujnovic, WHO Representative in Russia
Vujnovic noted that this time can be obtained not only with constant contact, but “maybe five minutes plus five minutes and five minutes at a distance of less than 2 m.”
The WHO representative recalled that previously underclose contact meant face-to-face communication for 15 minutes: the distance between people could be closer than 1.5 m. The updated recommendations imply, she noted, that now humanity knows more about the virus.
She added that if theserecommendations, and if 90% of residents wear protective masks and maintain social distance, Russia will be able to reach a plateau in terms of coronavirus. To do this, it is important to give up large corporate parties and other events.
Read also
Found the alleged kingdom of the disappeared Hittites. What have archaeologists found?
The Doomsday glacier turned out to be more dangerous than scientists thought. We tell the main thing
Voluntary death. We tell how the euthanasia procedure works around the world