In the Penza region, it was recommended to avoid crowded places and wear masks because of the “kraken”

As noted in the department, recommendations for protection against the "kraken" are the same as in the case of other strains of coronavirus.

“The first is vaccination and timely revaccination.

Stay less in crowded places, wear masks if there are symptoms of a respiratory infection so as not to infect others, wash your hands and ventilate the premises, ”the ministry’s VKontakte page says.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor announced that the first case of a new subspecies of the omicron-strain "kraken" was detected in Russia, it was recorded in the Penza region.

The head of the laboratory of bionanotechnology, microbiology and virology at Novosibirsk State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Netesov, in an interview with NSN, told who is at risk for the new variant of the Kraken coronavirus.