The number of people infected with "omicron" in Russia has increased to 41

The number of people infected with
Photo is illustrative in nature. From open sources.

In RUSSIA, 41 cases of infection with a new strain of covid-19 "omicron" were detected, the HEAD of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said at a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council under the government to combat the spread of CORONAVIRUS, RBC reports.

Popova said that all patients are in the hospital. According to her, patients with the omicron strain show high (up to 38.5 degrees) temperature in the first three days of the disease, weakness, coughing and sore throat.

“The condition of all patients is stable, but also because most of them are immune. Mostly people are either vaccinated or have had the disease before, ”said the head of Rospotrebnadzor.

The number of covid infections in Russia fell to a minimum in 2.5 months Society

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported 25 cases of infection with the omicron strain COVID-19. it was identified among residents of Moscow, the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don. Later, two more cases of omicron infection were recorded in St. Petersburg  - among Russians who arrived from the UAE and the Dominican Republic.