“I know that today many laboratories and laboratories of the institutes of Rospotrebnadzor work around the clock in order to understand as soon as possible whether there is (“ omicron ”in Russia. -
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) and to see what we still do not see today," TASS Popova's words in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.
She noted that she had asked Russian research organizations to speed up the study of the available material on the strain as much as possible.
Earlier, Anna Popova said that immunity from vaccination or COVID-19 disease reduces the risks from the new omicron coronavirus strain.