Swine flu, which is particularly harmful, will hit Russia hard this year, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova said on Wednesday, APA reports citing TASS.
"Yes, this year, flu came to stay. The most unpleasant thing in this situation that it is precisely the flu variant which causes the most serious damage to health. This is the flu A virus (H1N1) of the pandemic year of 2009, in 2009, it emerged for the first time as a type of flu with high spread potential and triggered the 2009-2020 pandemic," she said in an interview.
Rospotrebnadzor also touched upon the Covid incidence in Russia: "Let me remind you that along with a rise in flu incidence, we are also seeing a surge in Covid cases. We are not free from this virus, nor is any other country on the planet".
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