Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for developing new diagnostic methods based on sequencing technologies at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that the omicron strain is diagnosed in more cases, so experts have learned to identify its variants: BA.1, BA.2, BA.3. Moreover, BA.2 is getting bigger.Discuss
This variant is called the stealth omicron. Its share has grown significantly: in the central part of Russia, this option now accounts for more than half of all newly detected cases. a large part of the population is already immunized, either through vaccination or a previous illness. “In the Russian Federation, the share of BA.2 is also steadily growing and in the central part of the country it now accounts for more than half of all newly detected cases of omicron, being present in almost all regions of the country,” the expert emphasized.
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