Russia (bbabo.net), - The increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia will continue for some time. First of all, this applies to the regions, since the epidemiological situation there began to worsen later. Such a forecast in an interview with RIA Novosti was voiced by Natalya Pshenichnaya, deputy director for clinical and analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor.

She recalled that the Omicron strain already dominates in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 83 subjects of the Russian Federation, 15 thousand 287 people were infected with it. These are laboratory confirmed cases.

Doctors said that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 caused pneumonia in six percent of those infected. The asymptomatic form was in 16 percent of those infected.

The chief sanitary doctor of the country, Anna Popova, noted that among those who were found to have omicron, 70 percent are people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

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