Coronavirus testing site. Archive photoMOSCOW, January 31Three regions of Russia, where the operational headquarters for combating the spread of coronavirus has already recorded «omicron», on Monday morning they did not officially report the identification of a new strain, three more regions of the country remain on the list » clean,» according to RIA Novosti data. On Sunday, the operational headquarters for combating the spread of coronavirus reported that the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain was recorded in 82 out of 85 regions of the Russian Federation.
Scientist named the reason for the rapid spread of «omicron»At the moment, only six regions have not reported the detection of the «omicron» strain. These are the Tula, Ivanovo and Kursk regions in the Central Federal District, as well as Chukotka, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Sakhalin Region in the Far Eastern Federal District. Thus, in three of these six regions, «omicron» has already been identified, but local authorities have not been informed about it. The health organization at the end of November 2021, following an emergency meeting, decided to classify a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa as of concern. The new strain — B.1.1.529 — was named «omicron» by the WHO with the Greek letter. strain
