“Now one gets the impression that the virus really was in some kind of state when it was forced to mutate in order for it to take on such a new look.
There are different theories here, ranging from conspiracy theories to more meaningful ones.
This could be due to the fact that some kind of drug was tested against the "delta" in some world region, "TASS quoted him as saying.
He noted that in this case - "the virus, which was under the pressure of such new drugs, strongly mutated."
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, called the spread of omicron frightening.