Professor of Virology, Director of the Institute of Virology and HIV research at the medical faculty of the University of Bonn, Professor Hendrik Shtrik gave a forecast on the situation of COVID-19.

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“SARS-CoV-2 will become the new endemic coronavirus”, — he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, currently there are four such coronavirus, they are responsible for 10-30% of all cases of influenza among the people of Europe in the winter.

“In Europe there is dependent on the weather — a strong flash of coronaviruses are observed in the cold season and less in the warmer months,” he said.

Informed doctor of medical Sciences, Professor Anatoly Altstein in an interview with NSN estimated the probability of a second wave COVID-19 in Russia.