Health worker. Archival photoMOSCOW, Jan 21 Immunologist Vladimir Bolibok said in an interview with the portal Ura.ru that young children infected with the omicron strain need urgent hospitalization. «Another insidiousness of Omicron is that COVID- Children began to get sick more often on the 19th. The disease proceeds, like a rotovirus or an enterovirus, as an intestinal infection with a skin rash, but in a more severe form,» Bolibok said. sore throats may also occur. Under such conditions, children may refuse to eat and drink, they develop vomiting, diarrhea and fever.
" die, so these patients need urgent hospitalization", Bolibok concluded.
The omicron strain of coronavirus, or B.1.1.529, was found in Botswana and South Africa in November. According to experts, those who have been ill and vaccinated can become infected with it. The new variant has already been identified in 110 countries, including Russia. It spreads faster than the previous «delta» strain and becomes dominant.