Omicron-strain of covid could be brought to Russia not only from Africa, but also from other parts of the world, and then within the country it could create new distribution chains. So infectious disease doctor and associate professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University Sergei Voznesensky explained the non-imported cases of covid in the Russian Federation.
We will remind, earlier today, the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko said that the new omicron strain is spreading much faster than the previous variants of the virus, there are already cases of the disease within the country.
In a commentary to Vechernyaya Moskva, Voznesensky explained that they block and quarantine visitors from Africa, but the omicron is already common in several dozen countries around the world. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to exclude the “import” of the omicron-strain from other countries, and in Russia it is already spreading further. Aerosol-transmitted infections cannot be completely blocked if they are widespread, the expert emphasized.
He cited the example of South Africa and Great Britain, where the omicron had already supplanted the delta strain. 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. The authorities of the Czech Republic and Germany.
Symptoms of infection with the omicron coronavirus strain may appear as early as the next day, although the incubation period is several days. 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.
Source: Rosbalt
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