Decreased herd immunity. Current about COVID on February 5

The level of collective immunity to coronavirus in Russia decreased from 64.4 to 64.1%, the epidemiological situation worsened in 33 regions, and the spread of omicron slowed down. Actual about the pandemic – in the review of RBC

In the country, almost 170 thousand cases of infection were detected per day – 168,201 people, 682 of those who had previously fallen ill died. The total number of infected exceeded 12.4 million, more than 10.4 million people recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, more than 334 thousand. During the day, 17.7 thousand people were admitted to hospitals – 0.03% more than the day before.

• The operational headquarters noted the worsening of the situation with coronavirus over the week in 33 regions of Russia. Improvement occurred only in four regions: the Jewish Autonomous Region, Krasnodar Territory, North Ossetia and Chechnya moved from the red zone to the orange one.

• The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, announced a slowdown in the spread of the omicron strain in Russia and European countries. She noted that on average in the country, more than 50% of cases of infection occur in Omicron, in Moscow and St. Petersburg this figure exceeds 80%.

• Natalya Pshenichnaya, director of clinical and analytical work at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, predicted the peak incidence of covid due to the omicron strain in mid-February. Omicron could become the dominant strain in the regions in the next two to three weeks, she said.

• Sergei Netesov, head of the bionanotechnology, microbiology and virology laboratories at Novosibirsk State University, suggested that the incidence rate could rise to 400,000 cases per day in the coming weeks.

• The level of herd immunity to coronavirus in Russia decreased from 64.4% to 64.1%. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova explained that those who were vaccinated in the first place or had COVID-19 more than a year ago lost their immunity. As of February 4, more than 84.9 million times have been vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine, and more than 80.4 million times have been fully vaccinated.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has not ruled out asking for more information about Sputnik V as part of its application for approval. The organization confirmed receipt of data on the drug, which had to be provided by the end of January. WHO has not yet specified whether an inspection in Russia is scheduled for February as part of the vaccine approval procedure.

By data WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world exceeded 386.5 million people, of which more than 5.7 million died.

• The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases, with more than 75 million infected. India is in second place (over 41.9 million), Brazil is third (25.7 million), France is fourth (19.5 million), and the United Kingdom is fifth (17.6 million). Russia is on the sixth place in this list.
• A resident of Turkey, who has been in quarantine due to coronavirus for 14 months, turned to the authorities for help. 56-year-old Muzaffer Kayasan suffers from leukemia. Experts say that the remains of the coronavirus remain in his body, but he no longer has symptoms.
• Switzerland is lifting part of the coronavirus restrictions from February 3 due to the fact that COVID-19 is becoming endemic, the country’s federal council said. Lithuania lifts some of the coronavirus restrictions from February 5.