Ambulances at pavilion No. 5 of the Lenexpo temporary hospital for patients with COVID-19 in St. Petersburg. Archival photoSt. Petersburg, 17 Jan. The peak incidence of the Omicron strain is expected in St. Petersburg in mid-late January, Andrey Sarana, the first deputy chairman of the city health committee, said. «We had our first patient in mid-December. Mid-January-end of January is the peak the maximum spread of «omicron» that awaits us. This is evidenced by the statistics that we are following,» Sarana said on the air of the St. Petersburg TV channel.
Every second person will fall ill. The world is feverish from a new wave of coronavirusAccording to him, compared with the second and first weeks of this year, the number of hospitalizations increased by 7.5%. At the same time, the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 has increased two to three times, or from 9.5 to 23 thousand people. «And this is quite a big rise,» he said. Earlier, the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, said that due to the increase in the incidence and the global spread of «omicron», it is necessary to continue the campaign for vaccination and revaccination. Currently, there are 190 vaccination points based on medical organizations, as well as 57 mobile points in the city. Since the start of the vaccination campaign, St. Petersburg has received 4 million 44 thousand sets of vaccines, including Sputnik Light. It is noted that the unused supply today is 842,000 vaccine kits.
