Weakness, high fever, headaches: the Rospotrebnadzor named the symptoms of infection with the omicron strain

Over the past day, 30,209 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia.

35,794 people fully recovered, 1181 patients died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.

In total, 9,925,806 cases of coronavirus have been identified in the country since the start of the pandemic.

286,004 patients died, 8,637,861 people recovered.

The largest number of new episodes of the disease was recorded in Moscow - 2948, in St. Petersburg - 2111, the Moscow region - 1616. In other regions, less than 800 cases were recorded per day.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over the entire period of the pandemic, more than 229.8 million laboratory tests for coronavirus were performed, including 570 thousand in the last day.

More than 1.6 million people remain under medical supervision.

According to the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova, presumably significant mutations of coronavirus infection occur every six months.

At the same time, the delta strain still prevails in the country.

At the same time, the special envoy of the World Health Organization for the fight against COVID-19, David Nabarro, said in an interview with RT that it still remains to be seen how dangerous the omicron strain is.

“But it takes time to sort out such issues.

Now is such a specific period, because we are waiting for the results of the study.

But I want to tell everyone: keep doing what you need to do, even if you are already tired of it.

Sooner or later we will find out how dangerous the omicron is.

But now there are encouraging signs, ”he said.

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In addition, the Rospotrebnadzor named the main symptoms indicating the disease with the omicron coronavirus strain.

“At present, according to the analysis of the course of the disease, we can say that, first of all, most patients have severe weakness or fatigue, an increase in body temperature up to 38 degrees and above, headaches, decreased appetite, cough,” said the deputy director for clinical the work of the Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after G.N.

Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Tatyana Ruzhentsova, whose words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

At the same time, according to her, along with the above symptoms, lesions of the lungs and other organs can also be observed, which is typical for the COVID-19 disease in general.

In addition, Junior Researcher, Clinical Department, Physician, Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after G.N.

Daria Khavkina from Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor said that children have fever, headaches, lack of appetite and rash.

In turn, Deputy Minister of Health of the country Oleg Salagay said that since the beginning of 2021, more than 570 thousand cases of coronavirus infection in children under 17 have been recorded in Russia.

He also recalled that a vaccine for children aged 12 to 17 was registered in November, stressing that vaccination is purely voluntary.

“We, of course, proceed from the need to ensure accessibility, but vaccination, of course, is voluntary and should be based, first of all, on the decision of the parents,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Sputnik M, a vaccine against coronavirus infection for adolescents, was registered on November 24.

As stated in the instructions for the drug, cellular immunity after vaccination was formed in 93.2% of volunteers. 

RDIF and Sputnik V

There is no reason to doubt the high efficiency of Sputnik V against new strains of coronavirus infection, said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

He added that NICEM named after Gamaleya in two weeks will provide the final conclusions on the omicron.

“It is important that if in the future it is necessary to adapt the Sputnik platform for new pathogens of the coronavirus, it will take a very short period of time, literally in two or three months we can produce a new form of vaccine,” the Izvestia newspaper quotes him.

The head of the RDIF, citing the latest data, also called Sputnik V the best, most effective and safe vaccine in the world. 

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December 9, 2021 Vladimir Putin congratulated RDIF on its 10th anniversary.

In his congratulations, the head of state noted that RDIF has earned a high prestige and trust, and has also done a lot to attract foreign investment to the Russian economy.

“It was RDIF that played a proactive role in organizing the production of high-precision test systems for diagnosing coronavirus and medicines for its treatment, made a significant contribution to the development and promotion of the world's first registered vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V,” the president added.