“In Russia, I want to clarify that the strain that was reported last week, we checked all the information very carefully.
The information was confirmed, this is indeed a "delta plus" option, - she said at a meeting of the coordinating council on combating COVID-19.
As noted by Popova, the woman suffered a mild illness.
Earlier, the first infected in Russia with this type of virus was reported at the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza.