The fundamental stabilization of the situation with the incidence will occur in May, if a new strain of coronavirus does not appear by that time. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Izvestia by the general director of the company for the registration and research of medicines Clinical Excellence Group, immunologist Nikolai Kryuchkov.
“In Denmark, the Omicron subline – BA.2 – provoked a powerful outbreak of the disease. In other countries, we do not see BA.2 causing a large increase in incidence. I think outbreaks are likely to be avoided, ”the expert said.
Russia completely passed the peak in Omicron last week. An increase in the incidence is possible only if new variants of strains appear in other lines, for example, “Delta”, but it is not yet possible to predict whether they will arise, the expert believes.
The emergence of a new version of the coronavirus after Omicron is unlikely, since the world population already has a fairly high level of herd immunity, said the virologist, professor of virology at the Institute. N.F. Gamalei Anatoly Altshtein.
According to the Stopcoronavirus.rf portal, herd immunity in Russia currently stands at 57.8%. Over the past week, it has fallen by almost 2%. However, in four regions it exceeds 80%. These are St. Petersburg, the Murmansk region, Karelia and Sevastopol, head of the operational headquarters Tatyana Golikova said on February 25.
Read the details in the Izvestia article:
“Spring recall: COVID-19 incidence may stabilize in May”
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