The Rospotrebnadzor named the differences in the course of COVID-19 with the "omicron"

“There is evidence that symptoms develop much faster,” RIA Novosti quoted Ruzhentsova as saying.

Also, according to her, with omicron, patients hardly complain of loss of smell and taste disturbances.

Junior Researcher, Clinical Department, Physician, Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after G.N.

Darya Khavkina of the Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor said that most of the patients with the new strain are young people 20-30 years old.

Earlier, Doctor of Medical Sciences, a practicing physician, Professor Anton Ershov listed the possible symptoms of the omicron strain.