Virologist Altstein: coronavirus will remain, but there will be no pandemic state
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The coronavirus will leave the human population after a certain amount of time, but not completely. This forecast was given by virologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, chief employee of the SIC Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamalei Anatoly Altstein in an interview with the agency URA.ru .
“In the near future, the epidemic will go down. After a certain amount of time, he will leave, but not quite,” he said. According to Altstein, “the prospects for the virus are bad.”
The virologist explained that people will continue to get infected, but there will be no pandemic state. According to Altstein, there are already a lot of pro-immunized people in the world today. At the same time, he noted that scientists will be studying COVID-19 for a long time.
Earlier, Altstein explained the reduction in the danger of COVID-19. According to him, this is due to the fact that the omicron strain reproduces better in the upper respiratory tract than in the lungs. However, omicron should not be considered harmless, since it is still capable of affecting the lungs and causing pneumonia, he added.
