Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection: the incidence of coronavirus in Tatarstan in August is 10.7% higher than in July

Currently, 32% of the residents of the republic have been vaccinated.

This week, the incidence of coronavirus in Tatarstan decreased by 2.8% compared to the previous week. However, at the same time, there is an increase in the incidence rate compared to July – by 10.7%, Lyubov Avdonina, deputy head of the Tatarstan Department of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection), said today at a press conference at the Tatar-Inform News Agency.

Over the past day, 50 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Tatarstan, a total amount -24,925 cases with an increase. The incidence rate is 638 per 100 thousand individuals, the daily growth rate remains at the level of 0.2%, L.Avdonina said. As of today, 32 cases of the British strain of the virus and 83 cases of the Indian strain have been detected in Tatarstan. Thirty-seven people have recovered over the past day, in total since the beginning of the pandemic – 21,963 people.

The number of new cases of intrafamilial transmissions exceeds the number of infections in work collectives by 2.7 times. As of today, according to L.Avdonina, 377 prescripts have been issued for mandatory vaccination in work collectives, which were recognized as site of infection. “Most of the enterprises that received the prescript reacted correctly and adequately and secured their teams by conducting vaccination. Only three organizations did not report on the vaccination and received a protocol regarding the violation”, - the speaker added.

The inspection of facilities for compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements is continuing in Tatarstan. During the week, specialists inspected 326 facilities, violations were detected in 63 of them – this is about 19% of the total number. According to the results of the inspection, 61 protocols on violations for 500 thousand rubles were issued.

Recently, there has been a decrease in the rate of vaccination, added Vladimir Zhavoronkov, Deputy Minister of Health of Tatarstan. “We link this with the self-complacency of the population. We are very concerned about this situation – he said. – The school year begins, and this is an additional risk. We are afraid that in September we may get additional difficulties for the healthcare system due to the incidence among the unvaccinated population. New researches have recently been conducted, which have once again confirmed that the vaccine is effective and helps to avoid severe forms of the disease”.

To date, 32% of the adult population of the republic has been vaccinated: 951,273 Tatarstan citizens, including 778,937 people got the second vaccination.