According to him, observations and studies show the changed nature of the epidemic process in connection with the omicron variant, which manifests itself in a rapid increase in the number of cases, moderate severity of the disease and high prevalence of the pathogen in the population among healthy individuals.

“We observe such characteristics of the epidemiological process during the seasonal rise in SARS and influenza,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Previously, scientists from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University recorded similar molecular changes in the brains of patients who died from the effects of coronavirus and those who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.