Medical worker at the quarantine center. Archival photo MOSCOW, 13 Jan. Immunologist Vladimir Bolibok said in an interview with the Moskva 24 TV channel that a carrier of the omicron strain of coronavirus can simultaneously infect about a hundred people by sneezing once. an infectious disease, but Omicron surpassed even her in this respect, «Bolibok said. He noted that the virus spreads extremely effectively by airborne droplets.
& # 34; I think that even talking, breathing and yawning enough to release an aerosol containing particles of saliva, mucus, in which there will be enough virus to infect another person. If one person coughed or sneezed, then this number will be enough for a hundred people at once & # 34 ;, — said Bolibok.
The doctor also added that «omicron» is especially dangerous for children. On the eve of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that cases of a new strain of coronavirus have already been registered in 13 regions of Russia. She noted that 305 cases of omicron infection were detected in the country. Also, according to her, cases of import of this variant to Russia were registered from 25 countries. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, in turn, said that the situation with the spread of «omicron» in other states is very difficult, so the healthcare system in Russia is being developed in full. 