Almost 7 thousand people fell ill with acute respiratory viral infections during the week in the Murmansk region

Over the past week in the Murmansk Oblast, over 6.9 thousand people came to the medical staff with acute respiratory viral infections. Children accounted for 55.1% of the morbidity rate.

Laboratory tests revealed viruses of non-influenza etiology. 198 cases of new coronavirus infection were registered. This is 11.2% below last week's morbidity rate. About it writes IA "Bi-port".

Medics recommend local residents to observe precautions - more often wash hands, avoid places of mass gathering of people, use personal protective equipment when communicating with the sick.

In the Pskov region due to the high incidence of acute respiratory viral infections more than 50 school classes were transferred to distance learning. The share of children under 14 in the structure of morbidity is 63.3%.