“This, by the way, is a very big difference between the way editors work in Russia and editors abroad.
In the entire Russian press, "strain delta" is written everywhere.
In all the foreign press, the "delta variant" is written everywhere.
Because viruses are not microorganisms, they are not part of living nature, therefore they are traditionally not called strains.
Because the strain belongs to living things, for example, bacteria or fungi, and the coronavirus is not a microorganism, ”Lebedev said.
Earlier, the pulmonologist Alexei Nikishenkov called one of the symptoms of infection with the Indian variant of the coronavirus, which is called "delta".
According to the health worker, it can manifest itself in the form of an upset gastrointestinal tract.