Denis Protsenko, head physician of the hospital No. 40 in Kommunarka, on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel told on the timing of re-infection with coronavirus. According to him, people who have recovered but not vaccinated can get sick again after six months, so the recommendations of the Ministry of Health say that after six months it is advisable to be vaccinated.
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The specialist added that the vaccine is not a protection against the fact of infection, the vaccinated patient can get sick, but the question is how the infection will proceed – asymptomatic, with a mild course or with hospitalization. Protsenko noted that such a probability is negligible, and the overwhelming majority of Kommunarka’s patients are not vaccinated citizens.
Earlier, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said that 80 percent of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were not vaccinated. The head of the region noted that citizens over 50 years old are very seriously ill, and those who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus are very difficult. He also stressed that the majority of unvaccinated patients with COVID-19 are over 50 years old.
Protsenko pointed out that there is no targeted and effective drug against coronavirus that would suppress the spread of infection in the body. The treatment of the disease changes, but not the virus itself, but the complications that it causes. The doctor indicated that the course of the disease has changed over the past two waves.
A colleague of a Moscow physician, head physician of the Pskov Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital Anastasia Povtoreiko said that the condition of patients with COVID-19 does not always depend on the degree of damage to their lungs, since the symptoms of coronavirus have changed. According to the Russian expert, one of the main symptoms today is fever. She added that doctors should adjust to changes in the coronavirus and the conditions it sets.
The chief physician of Kommunarka answered the question whether the long weekend will lead to an increase in the incidence due to the fact that people will communicate more. He expressed hope that the population will take the forced holidays responsibly.
According to Protsenko, their idea is to break the chains of infection, minimize contacts in offices, meetings in public transport. He urged people to wear masks and spend more time at home and not go on vacation. The specialist did not give a forecast when the current wave of coronavirus will peak.
The chief physician of Kommunarka added that elderly patients with concomitant diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, and overweight are more often admitted to the hospital. In addition, the delta strain often affects young patients without concomitant pathologies, they end up in intensive care and intensive care. Protsenko concluded that this is an alarming trend.
Earlier, the former chief infectious disease specialist in Moscow, Nikolai Malyshev, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, said that new strains of coronavirus with a high degree of probability will continue to appear. In his opinion, this process cannot be stopped until people are vaccinated or until herd immunity is formed.
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