Chief Researcher of the Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology Anatoly Altshtein
According to the expert, the peak is expected at the end of August.At the same time, the scientist is sure that there will be no overload of Russian healthcare, since against the backdrop of the prevailing omicron strain, hospitalization is required in rare cases.
"I say this on the basis of how theepidemic with these BA.4 and BA.5 viruses in other countries. In other countries, usually a month passes from the beginning of the epidemic, we started [upping] somewhere at the end of July, which means that there should be a peak at the end of August, ”Altshtein noted.