The omicron coronavirus strain is spreading significantly faster than previous variants of COVID-19. This was announced by the Minister of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko during a working trip to the Rostov region. His words lead Interfax…
He noted that during the visit of Russian specialists to South Africa, where a new strain was discovered, a number of features of the clinical course of infection with the omicron variant were identified.
“Experts have assessed the features of the clinical course of the disease. It was found that the strain spreads much faster than the previous ones, ”said Murashko.
The minister stressed that this is why it is important to ensure personal safety – observance of the mask regime, distance, etc.
“Recognition is going much faster. Children are more often involved in the infectious process, so it is important to teach children safe behavior, ”said the head of the Ministry of Health.
According to him, timely diagnostics of children’s infectious diseases within children’s teams is also important to minimize risks.
Earlier, the Moscow mayor’s office promised to adapt the medical system to the arrival of the omicron. Anastasia Rakova, Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development, said that the capital was the first to face the virus in Russia, so all technologies had to be worked out here.
“We have created a whole system of medical care, developed treatment regimens on the fly, and here we are very grateful to our clinical committee, which included leading doctors in Moscow, who were the first to start treating covid,” she said.
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