The laboratories of Rospotrebnadzor switched to an increased mode of operation because of the omicron, the head of the department Anna Popova announced this on the air of the radio station KP.RU.
Earlier, Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for the development of new diagnostic methods based on sequencing technologies at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that Russia has stepped up work on testing citizens who fly from some countries, all positive results are sent to study the genome of the virus. In addition, according to him, the time allotted for the study of the genome of the virus has been reduced.
A new strain of coronavirus has been identified in South Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified it as “of concern” and named it “omicron”. Experts suggest that the new variant of the virus has not only seriously mutated, but is also more easily transmitted from person to person than the “delta” strain.
Now cases of infection with the omicron strain have been recorded in dozens of countries. Russia is not included in this list.
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