OREANDA-NEWS. The spread of coronavirus continues not only in Moscow, but also in other regions of Russia, but thanks to the preparation, this process was slowed down, said President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on the sanitary-epidemiological situation in the country.

“The situation remains difficult, the spread of the epidemic, unfortunately, continues, the number of citizens infected with the coronavirus is growing. Due to preventive measures, we still managed to slow down and restrain this process, but, unfortunately, the infection, even if we are talking about isolated cases, has been recorded in all 85 constituent entities of the Federation”, Putin said.

The President also noted that it is necessary to smooth out the peak of the epidemic, which Russia has yet to go through. “According to experts, the peak of the incidence rate is yet to come, and now we need to do everything to smooth this peak, reduce the time it takes to go through the so-called plateau, when the largest number of new infections is recorded”, the president said.