The Russian regions have begun preparations for the large-scale spread of the omicron strain of coronavirus in the country. Writes about it “b”.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, 698 cases of omicron infection have now been confirmed in Russia, with most of the foci identified in the Moscow region. Despite this, the supervisory authority does not exclude the possibility of the spread of a new strain according to the European scenario. According to doctors, in this case, the number of infections could rise to six-digit numbers.
Isolated cases of the disease are already being detected in the regions of Russia, and the statistics are growing every day.
In the Irkutsk region, the strain was confirmed in two children from different families. As specified in the Ministry of Health, children are ill with a mild form of coronavirus, and adults who have been in contact with them are now being examined by doctors.
In the Astrakhan region, the omicron strain was also detected in two families, with one of the patients being a 14-year-old teenager.
Three cases of omicron infection were recorded in Bashkiria, and another was registered in a student from the Voronezh region, who returned from Burundi at the end of December.
According to the Ministry of Health, all cases are imported. Thus, residents of Bashkortostan returned from Tanzania, and a resident of the Orenburg region with her grandchildren returned from Turkey.
The situation is different in the Rostov region. In total, four cases of omicron were identified there. At the same time, the first two were imported (from the Congo and South Africa), while the other two were identified in a six-month-old baby and a woman who had not recently traveled and had no contact with those who returned from abroad.
Earlier, Vladimir Chulanov, a freelance infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Health, called those who refused vaccination against COVID-19 a springboard for the evolution of coronavirus. The doctor explained that it is for this reason that in a population where a large number of unvaccinated people remain, the virus has a better chance of evolution and more advantages.
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