As noted in the article, scientists have come to the conclusion that in the South African city of Tswan, which became the first focus of the "omicron" spread, the death rate from this strain was 4.5%.
At the same time, the rate of deaths before the appearance of a new type of coronavirus was more than 20%.
In addition, the experts found that the average hospitalization period for patients with omicron decreased by more than two times - on average, to four days.
Earlier, Natalya Pshenichnaya, deputy director for clinical and analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, in an interview with RT, spoke about joint work with Russian colleagues in South Africa against the background of the detection of the omicron strain of coronavirus.