Medical workers and patients in the intensive care unit of a COVID hospital. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 28The next two weeks will be difficult in terms of the incidence of COVID-19, they must be lived wisely, people need to protect themselves by wearing masks, observing all measures, an infectious disease doctor, Professor Nikolai Malyshev told RIA Novosti. «There will still be growth, that's for sure, the numbers will be «Grow and increase. Even before COVID, after the winter holidays, there was always an increase in the incidence until the end of the month, and sometimes until mid-February. And now the omicron has overlapped. And, of course, the process will continue further,» Malyshev said. He added that it is difficult to predict to what maximum figures the detection rate per day will reach, but there is no need to be an optimist. «It is difficult to talk about this, especially I don’t want to be a pessimist, but it’s not possible to be an optimist either. In general, there will be another two weeks very hard,” Malyshev said.The doctor told what characteristic symptoms of COVID-19 are not present with «omicron» He emphasized that during this period everyone needs to protect themselves from the virus, wear personal protective equipment, despite the fact that everyone is already tired of it. «People themselves should think about it , limit your contacts, observe barrier protection measures — the same masks, the same social distance. Yes, all these things are already tired, but life consists of them. You have to live these few weeks wisely, «said the infectious disease specialist. The day before in Moscow 26,586 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified. As Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, previously reported, the current rates of vaccination in Moscow are not adequate to the situation, I would like people to be vaccinated more actively, since those who are not vaccinated are still seriously ill and form the bulk of those hospitalized. According to her, additional restrictions on coronavirus will be introduced in Moscow, depending on how the medical system copes. treatment of COVID-19
