Rospotrebnadzor announced seven cases of the centaur subspecies of COVID-19 in Russia

“The share of BA.2.75 (“centaur.” -

) is still insignificant - only seven cases in the whole country,” RIA Novosti quotes her words.

Pshenichnaya also said that the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia is associated with the spread of new variants of the omicron strain of coronavirus.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko recalled in a conversation with the FAN about the importance of revaccination against COVID-19.

He noted that there is an increase in cases due to new variations of "omicron" BA.5 and BA.2, which are more contagious.