The Indian strain of the coronavirus has already entered the territory of about 90 countries, warned the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, reports TASS.
“According to foreign experts, the new delta strain has spread to almost 90 countries,” she said.
The Indian strain of the coronavirus, dubbed “delta”, was discovered in India last October. WHO expert Maria van Kerkhove clarified that he was previously more contagious and increased the risk of a severe course of the disease. However, there is no evidence that the new strain is more deadly than others. “We know that one study recently suggested an increased risk of hospitalization, but this is preliminary work that is being carried out in one country and requires further study to better understand the consequences and severity,” the expert explained.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on June 18 that almost 90% of COVID-19 patients in Moscow had an Indian strain. According to the mayor, this is precisely the reason for the large increase in morbidity and hospitalizations in the capital. “The most unpleasant thing is that in order to resist a person, his immune status, his number of antibodies, as they say now, must be almost twice as high as against the Wuhan virus,” Sobyanin said.
