An employee in the lab. File photoSt. Petersburg, January 17 In the Komi Republic, 23 cases of infection with a new strain of «omicron» of a new coronavirus infection were detected, the Ministry of Health of the Republic reported. «19 cases of infection with a new strain were recorded in Syktyvkar, according to 1 case in Syktyvdinsky, Kortkerossky, Priluzsky and Sosnogorsky districts,» the Komi Ministry of Health said in a statement. It is added that «omicron» is transmitted 4.2 times faster than its predecessor, the «delta» strain. 
November 30, 2021, 11:15 am Infographic Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirusInfographicView
