"Omicron" is highly contagious.
Children today become infected with it much more often than other strains of a new coronavirus infection.
And if earlier we noted the asymptomatic course of COVID-19 in children, now we are seeing a whole symptom complex in children: high body temperature, weakness, headache, runny nose, cough, sore throat and sore throat, often diarrhea and in some cases a rash, ” quotes his words TASS.
Fisenko also noted that "omicron" more often than other strains affects the upper respiratory tract and leads to bronchitis.
According to him, the safety and health of children directly depend on the responsible behavior of adults to comply with epidemiological requirements.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Health reported that the provision of planned medical care to children, patients with oncological and oncohematological diseases, as well as those in need of hemodialysis will not be suspended, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
State Duma Deputy, Honored Doctor of Russia Tatyana Kusaiko, in an interview with NSN, told how the domestic rehabilitation system for patients who had a coronavirus infection has changed.