The first case of the omicron strain of the coronavirus was detected in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The patient’s acute phase of the disease is behind, REN TV reports with reference to the Minister of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod Region David Melik-Guseinov.
“There is no fever, no manifestations of pulmonary symptoms. As doctors say, the acute phase of the disease is over, ”he said.
The sick woman is a 28-year-old Nigerian national.
The first case of infection with the new strain was reported in Botswana, followed by several more were detected in South Africa.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that, according to information as of December 30, 103 cases of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus were registered in Russia. She also said that omicron affects a large number of people at once and severe course only in those who are not vaccinated and who have concomitant diseases, those with severe diabetes and severe oncology.
Source: Rosbalt
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