Quarantine center in Kommunarka. Archive photo MOSCOW, 13 Jan. A significant increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus due to the omicron strain in Russia is expected in the coming weeks, the figures may reach six-digit figures, the deputy director for clinical and analytical work told RIA Novosti Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Natalya Pshenichnaya.
& # 34; Given the fact that local transmission of the virus has already begun, a significant increase in the number of cases is expected in the coming weeks, since this virus is more infectious than the variant & # 34; delta & # 34; and the incubation period is shorter & # 34 ;, — said Pshenichnaya.
She noted that a person can become infectious already on the second or third day after infection, and symptoms appear on the third or fifth. «Given what is now happening in foreign countries, when within 2-3 days the number of daily detected cases doubles, and the incidence breaks the records of the last year, exceeding it by 2-3 times, the number of daily cases in the Russian Federation can reach six-digit figures, » Pshenichnaya crossed out. 
The immunologist predicted the spread of omicron and deltacron in Russia