You should not refuse to participate in New Year’s events because of the coronavirus, including because of the new Omicron strain. This opinion was expressed on December 6 by the Honored Doctor of Russia, doctor-epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko.
“Let people rest, that’s enough already, have played enough”, – quotes his words TASS…
However, according to him, vaccinated, protected citizens can freely participate in the celebration. And even in this case, the New Year is best to spend the holidays at home with relatives, the doctor said.
Onishchenko noted that, according to available data, the new Omicron strain is more contagious, which means it will replace all other variants of the coronavirus in the near future.
“The good thing about him is that he is less dangerous. For now, anyway. In any case, today there is not a single proven death from him. This suggests that he has become more humane, ”Onishchenko said.
According to the doctor, schools should limit the celebration of the New Year, but not because of COVID-19, but in connection with the impending flu epidemic.
Earlier on Monday, the head of the State Duma Health Protection Committee Dmitry Khubezov said that Russia would not introduce additional restrictive measures, including closing the border, due to the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
According to WHO, as of December 6, not a single fatal case was recorded in the world as a result of the disease with the new COVID-19 strain “Omicron”. Michael Ryan, director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, noted that it will take several more weeks to study the new strain to finally determine the extent of its infectiousness and its ability to cause severe disease.
On November 26, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the B.1.1.529 strain, found in southern Africa, with the Greek letter omicron. The WHO statement also said that this variant of the coronavirus has a large number of mutations, some of which are of concern.
According to doctors from South Africa, “Omicron” is rapidly spreading among people aged 20 to 30 years.
On November 30, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova announced that the Russian Federation is introducing a two-week quarantine for those arriving from countries with a high risk of infection with the Omicron coronavirus strain. We are talking about South Africa, neighboring African states, China, Great Britain and other countries that have announced the discovery of a new strain.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites stopcoronavirus.rf and access to all.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeWe areTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8-800-2000-112.
#Onishchenko #urged #give #Years #events #pandemic