The incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections has decreased in Russia over the week

The incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections has decreased in Russia over the past week. This was reported in the press service of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) following a conference call of the head of the agency Anna Popova with the heads of territorial bodies and institutions of the service on Tuesday, December 10.

"Over the past week in Russia, the number of those who fell ill with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections decreased by 1.3% compared to the previous week, 759.5 thousand cases were registered. Exceeding the average Russian indicator is observed in 46 regions of the country. 17.7% of the disease incidence falls on Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as the Moscow region", - the message of the agency of city news "Moscow".

The press service noted that more than 81 million people have been vaccinated against influenza since the beginning of the season in Russia.

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Earlier in the day, the Minister of Health of the Moscow region Maxim Zabelin said that this year in the region vaccinated more than 4.7 million people against influenza, including about 1.1 million children, reports 360.ru.

On December 5, Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for scientific work at the FBUN Central Scientific Research Institute, said that the incidence of ARVI and influenza in Russia today does not exceed average rates, RT reported.

Earlier, on December 3, Rospotrebnadzor reported that the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections does not exceed the threshold values - the incidence rate is 63.5% below the threshold level, RIAMO writes.

In late November, nutritionist Daria Rusanova listed products that strengthen the immune system and protect against acute respiratory viral infections. In particular, she included products containing probiotics: kefir, natural yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi - Korean sauerkraut, miso, kombucha.