WHO representative in Russia Vujnovic: pandemic spread to children during “omicron”

“Many countries have decided that they are going to vaccinate adolescents and children precisely because of this, we see that with the Omicron strain, the pandemic has spread to this population group,” RIA Novosti quotes her.

According to Vujnovic, there are more hospitalizations.

She noted the need to protect teenagers and children from coronavirus.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced an increase in the number of children hospitalized with coronavirus in the country over the past few days.