MOSCOW, Jan 3 An increase in the incidence of coronavirus in Russia in January is likely due to the strain «omicron», but it is possible that there will be fewer severe cases and there will not be a large number of hospitalizations, Sergei Voznesensky, associate professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University, told RIA Novosti. 34; will develop in our country, for example, in the same way as in South Africa or in England, but the whole question is whether this rise will also be correlated, as we now see a correlation with free beds in hospitals. There is a high probability that there will be an increase in the incidence, but there will not be such an influx of hospitalizations & # 34 ;, — said Voznesensky.
He noted that the «delta» option caused more deaths than the «omicron», precisely against the background of the «delta «there was maximum lethality. 
The biologist explained whether to be afraid of the omicron after the delta