According to a researcher at the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, virologist Anatoly Altshtein, the lethality of the Omicron coronavirus strain is about 0.5% of the number of infected. Ura.ru writes about it.

The doctor said that over time, the lethality of the coronavirus is decreasing, while the contagiousness, on the contrary, is growing.

“The virus tries very hard to maintain its ability to infect, but it doesn’t always work out. But the ability to kill, he does not particularly control. He does not need to kill the patient, ”Alstein said.

So, according to him, the "delta" was characterized by a two percent mortality rate, and the mortality rate of the "original" Wuhan strain could reach up to 14%.

Formerly Director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after V.I. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg said that the Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" is highly effective against the severe course of "omicron".

It was also reported that scientists have calculated how many children have been orphaned due to the coronavirus.

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