Immunologist Totolyan: perhaps we will still rejoice at the appearance of the omicron-strain of coronavirus
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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Pasteur Areg Totolyan told why the omicron strain of coronavirus can be considered a salvation from a pandemic. This is reported by Izvestia.
According to the specialist, with the advent of the omicron, Russians are more likely to tolerate COVID-19 in a mild form. In addition, the immunologist allowed the omicron to replace the previous delta strain. Totolyan noted that this could happen on a par with the northwestern strain, which disappeared after the delta was identified.
“He was” eaten “by the delta. WHO announced that this strain needs to be monitored. And after ten days we saw how the delta began to actively displace it, ”he explained.
When asked by a journalist whether the omicron can also “eat” the delta, the specialist replied: “theoretically it can. That is why I say that maybe we will not be upset that the omicron has come. Maybe we will still rejoice at the appearance of the omicron. “
Earlier, doctors from South Africa, where the omicron strain COVID-19 appeared, reported complaints of infected patients about increased night sweats. If at first the signs of this type were attributed to a continuous cough, high fever and loss of smell and taste, now patients have begun to reveal a runny nose, headache, fatigue, aches and pains in the body, as well as night sweats.
