Lokdown can extend in Moscow

In Moscow, Lokdown can extend if the coronavirus coefficient remains above the unit and does not drop lower. This was in an interview with Izvestia by the deputy head of the scientific work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Alexander Gorelov.

When asked by the journalist "at what numbers can Lokdown be extended in Moscow?" Gorelov replied: “The number is one is the distribution coefficient. If it is more than one, then we enter a fairly tense period. ”

By October 31, the coronavirus spread coefficient in Moscow is 1.24, and in St. Petersburg - 1.19. The coefficient evaluates the average number of people who are infected with one patient until it is isolated, and depends on time. To calculate it, it is necessary to receive the amount of the official number of sick over the past four days and divide it by the amount of the number of those sick four days before.

In addition, answering the question, Gorelov called an important criterion the presence of free beds, the number of free Ivl, as well as the level of vaccination: “Restrictive measures were introduced for a week. Soon we will understand how effective these events turned out to be. But there is no alternative to vaccination. If we will not surpass the threshold of collective immunity of 80%, there is no need to expect a miracle. ”

In St. Petersburg, by October 31, 1706 out of 9488 beds are free, 366 people are connected to the Ivl, vaccination is growing (but does not reach the numbers that the city governor Alexander Beglov spoke). Earlier, the Health Committee was told “paper” that they did not plan to deploy new beds, since about 1,700 free places “equivalent to three empty hospitals”.

There were no official statements about the possible extension of Lockdown in St. Petersburg. Introduced anti -icing measures in the city are almost identical to Moscow.

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