Kremlin says coronavirus situation will last for no more than two months
Russia is expected to reach a plateau in new coronavirus cases by mid-May and in June the situation will be better, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty weekly newspaper.
In "a couple of months" the current hardships over the coronavirus will fade away, Peskov said. "It seems to me that all this won’t last longer," he said, noting that in Italy and Spain the critical phase of the epidemic continued a month and a half at maximum.
"Somewhere in mid-May we should reach this plateau. And then, in the first month of summer probably it would be easier. I repeat that all these hardships will be quickly forgotten," Peskov said.
Peskov also noted that everyone "will then have to work hard in order to reduce the consequences of the pandemic for their life." "This will be also a challenging period and a great effort needs to be done," he said.
More than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia, the press service of Russia’s consumer protection watchdog, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, reported on Monday.
"More than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia," the press service said, adding that 139,000 tests have been conducted over the past 24 hours.
According to the watchdog, 183,000 people remain under medical surveillance due to being suspected of having contracted the virus.
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In "a couple of months" the current hardships over the coronavirus will fade away, Peskov said. "It seems to me that all this won’t last longer," he said, noting that in Italy and Spain the critical phase of the epidemic continued a month and a half at maximum.
"Somewhere in mid-May we should reach this plateau. And then, in the first month of summer probably it would be easier. I repeat that all these hardships will be quickly forgotten," Peskov said.
Peskov also noted that everyone "will then have to work hard in order to reduce the consequences of the pandemic for their life." "This will be also a challenging period and a great effort needs to be done," he said.
More than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia, the press service of Russia’s consumer protection watchdog, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, reported on Monday.
"More than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia," the press service said, adding that 139,000 tests have been conducted over the past 24 hours.
According to the watchdog, 183,000 people remain under medical surveillance due to being suspected of having contracted the virus.
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