“What worries me most is how much the mutations that have appeared in the omicron affect the interaction with our cells, in the sense that the infectious process will develop for 3-4 days from the moment of infection to the transition to the severe stage .. or as a result of infection with this strain, the infectious process from the moment of infection to the transition to a severe clinical stage will take about 10-12-14 days, "RIA Novosti Gintsburg quotes.
According to him, "if the first assumption comes true, then, of course, the epidemiological situation will change for the worse, if the second, then I think this will not greatly affect the epidemiological situation that is now observed."
According to data as of November 29, 33,860 cases of coronavirus were registered in Russia per day.
In total, 9 604 233 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic.
Virologist Yevgeny Timakov, in an interview with FAN, gave a forecast regarding the situation with COVID-19 before the New Year holidays.