Resuscitation doctorsMOSCOW, Jan 26 Eight antiviral drugs are effective in treating Omicron, used by doctors for other strains of coronavirus. Cell Research writes about this with reference to the results of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Kent and the Goethe University of Frankfurt. A study of cell cultures showed that Omicron remains sensitive to the eight most important antiviral drugs and drug candidates for the treatment of coronavirus infection. These include EIDD-1931 (the active metabolite of molnupiravir), ribavirin, remdesivir, favipravir, PF-07321332 (nirmatrelvir, the active ingredient of paxlovide), nafamostat, camostat, and aprotinin.
The WHO allowed the emergence of coronavirus strains more infectious than «omicron» Treatment regimens for «omicron» Changing the treatment regimens for coronavirus in patients with the «omicron» strain is not required, patients are treated with the same drugs and according to the same rules, an infectious disease doctor, candidate told RIA Novosti earlier Medical Sciences Andrey Pozdnyakov. He explained that «for mild forms of the disease, which are the majority, symptomatic therapy is used: a regimen, an easily digestible diet, an abundant fluid load and drugs that, if necessary, relieve the symptoms of this disease.» The doctor recalled that the only effective drug therapeutic solution to prevent the development of severe forms of COVID-19, vaccination against this virus and revaccination at the approved time remains. According to the director of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg, people with weakened immunity may develop a severe course of the disease when infected with the omicron strain.
Scientists: «Sputnik V» produces twice as many antibodies to «omicron» than Pfizer «Omicron» Omicron-strain, or B.1.1.529, was found in Botswana and South Africa on the twentieth of November 2021. It contains dozens of mutations in the S-protein required by the pathogen to infect cells. According to the researchers, many of the new changes in the SARS-CoV-2 genome indicate a high transmissibility of this variant and resistance to protective antibodies of those who have been ill and vaccinated. Presumably, B.1.1.529 originally developed in an immunocompromised person, for example, infected with HIV . As WHO reported at the end of December, «omicron» was already detected in 110 countries of the world, including Russia, it is spreading faster than «delta». Subsequently, it became known about the discovery in Cyprus of «deltacron» — a hybrid of «omicron» and «delta». At the same time, the Minister of Health of the state stated that the new strain does not cause concern to the authorities. protect
