Russia confirmed this Monday that it has detected in the country two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in travelers from South Africa, according to the health regulator Roskomnadzor.
The regulator details that the patients with omicron are two citizens who were placed under observation after their arrival in Russia and tested positive for coronavirus in two PCR tests, according to the official RIA Nóvosti agency.
In total, the COVID-19 It was detected ten people who returned from South Africa these days.
Russia restricted air communication with southern African countries at the end of November due to the appearance of the new variant, described as “worrying” by the World Health Organization.
Russia It has also imposed a 14-day quarantine for travelers from South Africa and neighboring countries, in order to prevent the spread of the new variant in the country, according to Russian health chief Anna Popova on Thursday.
The creators of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V assured for their part that they would need about 45 days to offer the market a preparation adapted for the new variant.
This Monday Russia reported 32,136 coronavirus infections and 1,184 deaths from the infectious disease.
According to the latest official data, a total of 63,961,690 citizens have received the complete vaccination schedule so far, 53.7% of the country’s adult population.
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