Quarantine extended until summer in Russia or not

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

In Russia, against the background of an increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus, an increase in the duration of the high alert regime is possible. The length of the quarantine remains an important issue. Many people want to know if it was extended until the summer of 2020 or not.

RBC agency data

The RBC agency claims: information has been received from trusted sources that the high alert mode will be extended until the May holidays, inclusive. According to the interlocutors of the edition, this scenario is most likely today.

There is another option, which is allegedly being considered by the authorities. It implies the extension of non-working days until mid-May. It turns out that there is no information about whether or not the quarantine was extended until the summer of 2020 in Russia. But what are the officials saying today?

Official data

As for the official authorities, judging by the reports in the media, the scenario under consideration is quite possible. However, no one has yet said specifically about whether or not the quarantine was extended until the summer of 2020 in Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova in an interview with the TASS news agency announced the possibility of a complete lifting of quarantine restrictions no earlier than June 1, 2020. This is due, according to her, to the fact that most of the Russian regions have not yet crossed the peak incidence rate. In addition, one cannot ignore the fact that many of our compatriots treat restrictive measures in bad faith.

Approximately the same assessment was given by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, infectious disease doctor V. Maleev. He is of the opinion that the date for the end of tough self-isolation measures is likely to fall on the beginning of June this year. But at the same time, he stressed that such an option is possible if the Russians comply with the instructions. Perhaps it is then that the activity of the spread of coronavirus infection will begin to decline.

The chief freelance specialist of the FMBA V. Nikiforov in an interview with Channel One said that the end of the spread of coronavirus could be talked about at least 10 weeks after the peak of the epidemic.

Thus, most likely, the quarantine will be extended until June 1, 2020. This opinion is expressed by many government officials and specialists in the field of infectious diseases. Moreover, in some Russian regions this date has already been set. However, each governor has the right to extend these terms until July 1.

M. Murashko, Minister of Health, told RIA Novosti that the situation with coronavirus is developing according to a relatively favorable scenario. He assured that the curve of patients, as well as the frequency of complications, is now developing in a not very negative way.

The Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, according to its representatives, has already developed 7 prototypes of a vaccine against the new virus. The head of the department V. Skvortsova said that large-scale introduction of the drug will become possible only after 11 months.

What does the renewal period depend on?

The passage of the peak of the epidemic in Russia is the main fundamental factor that will be guided by when solving the issue of extending the high alert regime. Many experts unanimously argue that due to the uneven distribution of patients in such a large country, the peak will be reached slowly.

Moreover, if in some parts of the state it has already been completed, then somewhere in another part of Russia everything will only begin. Professional epidemiologists are carefully monitoring the situation and so far do not see any prerequisites for lifting restrictive measures.

If you look at the statistics of the sick, then every day there are more and more of them. For this reason, it is likely that the self-isolation regime will be extended until the summer. Although, again, there were no official statements from the authorities on this matter.

No one can yet say with certainty what will happen in the near future. Russian President Vladimir Putin has already announced that the extension of the self-isolation regime until the summer of 2020 is not yet excluded from possible scenarios.

Summarize

1. There is no officially confirmed information on the extension of the high alert regime until the summer of 2020.
2. Due to the fact that the epidemiological situation in the country does not show a tendency towards a decrease in the activity of the virus, the decision to extend it until the summer is a very realistic scenario.
3. In some Russian regions, a decision has already been made to extend the restrictive measures until June 1, 2020.