A new strain of the coronavirus “omicron” begins to displace the “delta”. This was announced on the air of the Russia-1 TV channel by the head of the laboratory of mechanisms of population variability of pathogenic microorganisms of the Center. Gamalei Vladimir Gushchin.
“In Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, the USA, we see that the omicron is very quickly beginning to replace the delta,” he said.
In addition, Gushchin did not agree with the statement that the omicron strain could become a “live vaccine”.
The first case of infection with the new strain was reported in Botswana, followed by several more were detected in South Africa.
The epidemiologist of Rospotrebnadzor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Tatyana Ruzhentsova stated that symptoms of infection with the omicron coronavirus strain may appear the next day, although the incubation period is several days.
In the operational headquarters for the fight against infection, it was reported 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.
Source: Rosbalt
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