MOSCOW, April 30. /TASS/ — Russia in recent weeks has almost been on a plateau for the number infected with a novel coronavirus infection, said Thursday the head of the Federal biomedical Agency (FMBA), Veronika Skvortsova in the program “Doc-Talk” on the First channel.
Skvortsova noted that, based on the experience of other countries, after reaching the plateau can occur fluctuations in the number of people infected.
the Head of the Agency recalled that during the may holidays it is necessary to minimize social contacts. “If you have luck, you can go to the garden, — she added. But in the cottages the people have to be [to] his family”.
the FMBA filed an application for registration tests for antibodies to the coronavirus and is awaiting its completion in the near future, said Veronika Skvortsova. “Yesterday we filed for the registration of domestic die enzyme immunoassay for detection of antibodies to G RNA, respectively, of the virus to the antigen. And I hope that today during the day or in the next period of time these dies are to be registered,” she said.
According to her, the tests have very high sensitivity, exceeding 95-97% and a minimum possible pseudobiological and pseudocrystalline results.
the head of the FMBA also noted that in the first place the Agency would like to test their employees working in laboratories and in medical institutions, and then to offer a wider use of the tests. “While we plan a capacity of about 100 thousand studies per week. It’s not much, really, but we are ready to scale. We are ready with those manufacturers that can replicate a similar technology to get in touch and to do it”, — said Skvortsova.
Coronavirus in the world has infected more than 3.1 million people, more than 220 thousand died. In Russia, according to the Federal operative headquarters of the anti-coronavirus, was 106 498 cases of infection, recovered 11 619 people died on 1 073. The government has launched a resource stopmanager.Russia to inform about the situation in the country.
