The virologist said the threat of a new epidemic after the abolition of quarantine

MOSCOW, 11 APR — RIA Novosti. the Abolition of the restrictive measures after a decline in the number of cases of coronavirus can trigger a new epidemic COVID-19, said Professor of the Hannover Institute of Virology Thomas Schultz in the film naili Asker-zade “download — 2” on TV channel “Russia 1”.

“I, unfortunately, can’t set off alarm bells. We have serious concerns that once the number of cases will fall dramatically and this will happen in the next two-three months, the restrictions will be lifted. As a result, we are again faced with a epidemic,” he said.

According to Schultz, to prevent the recurrence of this scenario, governments of different countries need to return to restrictive measures during this and next year.

According to the latest who data, the coronavirus has infected more than half a million people, almost 100 thousand died.