US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
“This morning I received a positive test result for COVID-19,” the Pentagon quoted Interfax as saying.
According to him, “the symptoms are mild,” and the minister follows “the instructions of his doctor.”
At the same time, 68-year-old Austin stressed that he intends to comply with quarantine at home for the next five days, TASS reports.
Earlier, US President Joseph Biden passed two tests for infection, and both tests showed a negative result, Lenta.ru points out.
We will remind, on the eve it became known that the coronavirus was detected in the Argentine striker of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi.
Meanwhile, American biologist Ancha Baranova believes that it will be great luck for humanity if the new omicron coronavirus strain replaces the previous delta.
Note that the new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529, which contains 32 mutations in the S-protein, was first identified in South Africa and Botswana in early November 2021. The infected were found in Hong Kong, Belgium, Israel. At an emergency meeting on November 26, the World Health Organization recognized B.1.1.529 as “of concern” and named it “omicron” after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. Omicron has a large number of mutations, it also spreads faster than the delta type. A new strain of coronavirus with increased mobility has already been found in more than 110 countries, including Russia.
Source: Rosbalt
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