The COVID-19 pandemic will not end sooner than in 2-3 years, infectious disease specialist Evgeniy Timakov says. In order for the pandemic to end, most people need to develop full-fledged immunity from the coronavirus, the specialist told TASS. "How to understand that it (pandemic) is gone - when people with fatalities are not admitted to hospitals. That's two to three years, not before. A full-fledged immunity will form and will adapt to this virus completely," the doctor said. According to him, it is possible that the coronavirus will not go away. This opinion is shared by many Western specialists, who point out that coronavirus may remain forever - as a seasonal disease like influenza and SARS.