“The Omicron strain is most likely already in Russia.

The source of its distribution (in the Russian Federation) are our people who visited Egypt, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, "it is necessary to close air traffic with Egypt until the new strain is studied."

According to data as of November 28, 33,548 cases of coronavirus were registered in Russia per day.

In total, 9,570,373 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic. 

Kirill Masliev, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head of Preventive Medicine at EMC, founder of the Heroes Foundation for the Support of Medical Workers, spoke to the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio about the recommendations of the Ministry of Health on the treatment of COVID-19.