“BA.2 again had a symptom of loss of smell, more often it began to be observed again,” Timakova is quoted by TASS.

He also noted the high rate of re-infection with coronavirus among recovered patients.

“According to observations, those who had been ill with “omicron” in early to mid-January are now falling ill again with coronavirus.

Infected again in a short time.

At the same time, with repeated infection, there are no pronounced clinical symptoms, ”said Timakov.

Earlier, Andrey Pozdnyakov, head physician of the clinical diagnostic laboratory of Invitro-Sibir LLC, noted the high rate of antibody production for the omicron subspecies.

Professor Nikolai Malyshev, in an interview with Nation News, commented on the possible development of the situation with the pandemic.