In the last nine months, the coronavirus pandemic has killed about 1 million people worldwide, with about 17 million deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Such statistics were presented by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Society of Cardiology, Chief Specialist of the Ministry of Health Yevgeny Shlyakshto.
Speaking at a press conference on the results of the online project "Measure the age of your heart", the expert said that the fourth wave of the coronavirus will be more frightening than the second or third wave. The academic considered the distant health problems caused by the pandemic. For example, the consequences of mental trauma or exacerbation of chronic diseases. According to him, the main risk group for the fourth wave will be people suffering from cardiovascular disease and heart failure. He stressed that only the countries with the most modern and innovative medicine have passed the main period of the pandemic.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the coronavirus pandemic "the fifth doomsday." According to him, the microscopic virus "brought the whole world to its knees."
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