In a comment to Bloomberg, he noted that, most likely, the virus entered the animal's body, adapted there, and then returned back to humans.
Scientists are still trying to figure out how many mutations have occurred in such a short period of time, he said.
"If you look at the previous strains, at the" alpha ", at the" beta ", you will see that mutations have accumulated over time," Moyo quotes RIA Novosti.
At the same time, an employee of the Harvard School of Public Health expressed concern about the rapid spread of the new strain in the world.
He suggested that the omicron accumulates its own mutation pattern.
On November 25, it became known that scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".
South African President Cyril Ramaposa urged not to panic over the spread of a new strain of coronavirus.