The head of The Ministry of health made a return to full-fledged life in Russia in February

The Minister of health of Russia Mikhail Murashko believes that a return to normal life in Russia until February of the following year is unlikely.

“What is normal life? It’s Hiking to concerts, flights, full-time job, and full rest. In my opinion, it is unlikely that it will happen before February. Must be broken the transmission chain,” Murashko said in an interview to “Interfax” on Friday.

Answering the question of whether to continue to wear a mask on the street, the Minister replied in the affirmative. However, according to him, “all depends on the situation — if there’s a large number of people, you can do without it, for example, in the country”.

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“But if we’re talking about enclosed spaces, driving on city streets here wearing the mask is justified. Plus you need to take into account that it is an infection transmitted by airborne droplets, and the mask is a barrier, it inhibits the virus. There are rules for changing the masks after a couple of hours, you need these rules to follow,” said the Minister.

He noted that “infection is not yet fully pharmaceutically managed, if there will be a feature in which we’re 100% sure — both for prevention and for treatment, especially when there will be herd immunity, then the mask can be removed”.