Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation: all cases of infection with the omicron variant of COVID-19 are imported
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All cases of coronavirus infection detected in Russia caused by the omicron variant of COVID-19 turned out to be imported. This was reported by the Ministry of Health, RIA Novosti reports.
“In Russia, there have been recorded cases of COVID-19 caused by the omicron strain, while, as previously reported, all these cases are currently imported. Other cases of the disease on the territory of the Russian Federation caused by this strain have not been identified at the moment, ”the department said.
Over the past day, 24,946 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia. The total number of infected people since the start of the pandemic in the country was 10,368,299.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the world has exceeded 276 million, and 5.3 million people have died.