“Unfortunately, there are many children in hospitals for treatment, this is one of the features of Omicron.
I have already said earlier that hospitals should have everything necessary to provide assistance not only to adults, but also to small patients, ”RIA Novosti quotes Mishustin.
The Russian prime minister asked the heads of the regions "to carefully monitor this."
Earlier, Andrei Fisenko, director of the National Medical Research Center for Children's Health of the Russian Ministry of Health, said that Omicron more often causes symptoms of the disease among children compared to other strains of coronavirus.
In addition, 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.