Health worker. Archive photoMOSCOW, 14 Jan. The immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with the Moscow 24 TV channel, named the distinctive features of the omicron strain of coronavirus. He explained that, unlike other variations of COVID-19, those infected with the omicron rarely experience chest pain. «She was typical for those who developed pneumonia that affected the pleura. «Omicron» can also cause pneumonia, people die from this covid pneumonia with a large lesion, but chest pain has become less common, «said Bolibok. At the same time, he called symptoms characteristic of the omicron strain. «A sign of Omicron is severe sore throat, nasal congestion, dry cough. To this is added fever, severe weakness and headache,» Bolibok explained. He also noted that when infected with this loss of smell is possible with the strain, but this symptom appears closer to recovery. for «omicron» in Russia
