“Two cases of omicron infection have been identified on the territory of the republic, but so far delta has dominated on the territory of the republic,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

He also added that while the epidemiological situation in the republic is stable.

Earlier it was reported that the first four cases of infection with a new strain of coronavirus "omicron" were detected in the Sverdlovsk region.

Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections Georgy Vikulov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the pandemic against the backdrop of the spread of the Omicron strain.