“It is not yet clear whether the omicron is more infectious (that is, more easily transmitted from person to person) in comparison with other options, including the“ delta ”option,” the organization’s message quoted TASS as saying.
Earlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the need to adapt the Pfizer vaccine to the omicron strain.
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.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".