"News about this new species should show more clearly than ever why this pandemic will not end until we vaccinate around the world," TASS quoted him as saying.
He also took a break to give up intellectual property protection for coronavirus vaccines so that "they can be produced around the world."
Earlier it was reported that the WHO has identified a new strain of coronavirus as causing concern.
On November 25, it became known that scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous variant of the coronavirus.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".
Kirill Masliev, the head of preventive medicine at EMC, founder of the Heroi Foundation for the support of medical workers, Ph.D.