Coronavirus in Ukraine – the immunologist announced the dates of the new wave

The new outbreak will affect a large number of Ukrainians, the doctor said. According to his calculations, about 20 million citizens of the country have not yet come into contact with the virus.

“Almost 2.2 million clinical cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Ukraine. About 15% of people who have been in contact with the virus are ill with clinically expressed forms. Accordingly, only about 20 million people have already been in contact with the virus. That is, half of the population. Another 20 million have not been in contact with the virus. “, – said Galimsky.

The danger to people is a new strain of COVID-19, the specialist is sure.

“If a more infectious strain of the virus appears in Ukraine, we have“ combustible material ”of 20 million people, plus 1-2% of the 20 million people who have already been in contact with the virus, who may get sick again,” the expert explained.

Galimsky also replied that there is no proper epidemiological investigation in Ukraine, which greatly complicates the situation.

“But in order to identify the contact and the source of infection, you need to conduct an epidemiological investigation. And there is no one to conduct it – there are simply no trained epidemiologists who would come to the outbreak. They wanted to oblige family doctors to do this, but the family doctors are overwhelmed with medical work, and medical reform from home visits I freed them, “the doctor said.

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