All cases of the omicron strain detected in Russia are imported. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
“Other cases of the disease in the territory of the Russian Federation caused by this strain have not been identified at the moment,” the department notes.
Earlier, an infectious disease doctor and associate professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University Sergei Voznesensky noted that omicron could have been brought to Russia not only from Africa, but also from other parts of the world. In his opinion, due to the spread of a new strain in other countries, one cannot exclude ” import “omicron-strain from other regions. So, according to the expert, in South Africa and Great Britain, where” omicron “has already replaced the strain” delta. “The same can happen in Russia.
The first case of infection with the new strain was reported in Botswana, followed by several more were detected in South Africa. Later, it was also recorded in Israel, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Belgium.
Symptoms of infection with the omicron coronavirus strain may appear the next day. 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. Loss of smell or taste may not be lost.
Source: Rosbalt
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