This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the ministry.
"Now the section" Etiology, pathogenesis and pathomorphology "includes information about a new variant of coronavirus -" omicron ", as well as updated information in the sections" Epidemiological characteristics "and" Clinical features ", - said in the message.
Previously, the head of the center.
Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of Russia Alexander Gintsburg said that the omicron coronavirus strain is spreading more strongly in the population.
Maxim Skulachev, a virologist, molecular biologist, leading researcher at Lomonosov Moscow State University, in a conversation with URA.RU said that the strength of the fifth wave of coronavirus in Russia due to the arrival of the omicron strain will depend on how many citizens have been ill or vaccinated.