“Two reports have been received of the presence of the omicron mutation in two residents of the Autonomous Okrug,” the statement said.
It is noted that one patient was on vacation with relatives in other regions of Russia.
“The second patient has returned from vacation in Egypt,” Rospotrebnadzor said.
Earlier it became known that in the Kurgan region revealed the first three cases of infection with a strain of coronavirus "omicron"