A nurse at an intensive care nursing post in the «red zone» of the Rasskazovo hospitalMOSCOW, Jan 14 > Elderly people and patients with chronic pathologies who do not have immune protection are at risk for «omicron», said Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor. to prevent severe cases… At risk in this situation are people who have particular health conditions, and, firstly, those who do not have immune protection… Elderly people without immune protection, people with chronic diseases without immune protection — today the maximum risk groups,» Popova said, speaking at a briefing on the situation with coronavirus. At the same time, she noted that «omicron» can also infect people who already have immune protection — they have been ill or vaccinated, but it does not cause 
Omicron is up to seven times more infectious than other strains of coronavirus Popova
