“The number of platelets increases exponentially, a person instantly develops vascular thrombosis.

And immediately a heart attack occurs, "- said Malinovskaya.

According to her, with new patients, you have to constantly change the treatment regimen and “be guided by the situation,” since the old algorithms no longer work.

The infectious disease specialist also emphasized that vaccines are effective against mutated strains of the coronavirus, including the Indian one.

Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gunzburg, said that the Indian strain of coronavirus is rapidly moving from a mild form to severe consequences of COVID-19.