Studies by scientists from Russia and South Africa have confirmed the higher infectivity of omicron in comparison with other strains of coronavirus. This is reported by “Prime” with reference to the operational headquarters to combat the new infection.
“A higher transmissibility of the omicron variant from person to person has been shown, which led to an increase in the incidence (the base reproductive indicator increased to 2.5 in December, the time for doubling the number of infected is 3.18-3.61 days) and an increase in the proportion of positive samples up to 35.5% in the absence of indications of a more severe clinical course, ”the message says.
The mission representatives said that the clinical picture of the disease with the omicron coronavirus strain is similar to the flu, and more often young patients, especially children, get sick. It is also indicated that the disease when infected with the omicron coronavirus strain is more severe among unvaccinated people with risk factors, especially in older age groups.
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new omicron coronavirus strain is spreading faster than other variants. According to Rospotrebnadzor, 41 cases of the disease with the new omicron strain have been registered in the Russian Federation.
A new strain of coronavirus was identified in November in South Africa and Botswana.
Source: Rosbalt
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