Virologist Chumakov: Omicron strain is the culmination of the pandemic and the beginning of its end

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“This is the ninth wave. We can say the culmination, ”this is how Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor and Chief Researcher of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Petr Chumakov answered the question of RT whether the pandemic will end thanks to the Omicron strain.

According to him, after the climax, a decline can be expected. He proposed to evaluate the dynamics of the “micron”, which is currently observed in Europe. So, in the UK, the incidence has already gone down. “It’s been about a month. So, we can extrapolate that for two months we will continue to have an acute situation, ”Chumakov predicted.

We will remind, earlier the virologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Felix Ershov called the strain “omicron” COVID-19 a possible signal for the end of the pandemic. According to the academician, “omicron” may be a natural vaccine against other, more severe strains. Ershov argues that this effect is associated with the property of the interference of viruses. Thus, the mutant strain suppresses the previous variants with the help of a system of interferon proteins and pushes them out.

Source: Rosbalt

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