Scientist estimates coronavirus spread rate in Russia

A Russian scientist assessed the speed of spread of coronavirus in Russia. According to the head of the department

epidemiology and evidence-based medicine of the FirstMSMU im. THEM. Sechenov, chief freelance epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Nikolai Briko, there is no explosive dynamics of coronavirus infection in the country.

“In Russia there was no such wide spread of this infection, today there are 438 cases of coronavirus infection, 71 more per day,” Mr. Briko said.

Moreover, the scientist also compared in this contextRussia and China, where in the first week of the spread of infection there was a noticeably greater number of cases. In addition, the doctor also emphasized the fact that an explosive increase in the incidence rate in Russia was avoided thanks to timely measures.