Speaker of the Federation Council Matviyenko said that 20 senators had an omicron-strain of coronavirus

“We have 20 senators with Omicron.

We live in an environment, we communicate, unfortunately, there is no getting away from this, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.

Matvienko asked to comply with sanitary and epidemiological requirements and, if possible, limit contacts in order to avoid the spread of the disease.

During the day in Russia, 19,281 people with coronavirus infection were hospitalized, the day before - 19,446.

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said during a visit to South Africa that new variants of COVID-19 may appear in the world.