"In particular, the coronavirus is stronger than the regular flu. The next illness could be even more aggressive."
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Igor Gundarov said in an interview with Evening Moscow. According to him COVID-19 has become a fight against other diseases. He indicated that over the past 15 years, vaccines have virtually eliminated type A and B flu.
"The man, thanks to the success of public health, almost destroyed the flu, and in its place the strains of coronavirus multiplied”, - I. Gundarov said.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 200 countries and territories since then.
To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 789,000 globally, resulting in more than 38,000 deaths.
On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.