“Due to the fact that the disease is now ending much faster, we saw an opportunity, and this is available in the decision, to reduce the observation period for those who have symptoms, for those who get sick,” Interfax quotes her.
She noted that with Omicron, the incubation period of the disease is reduced, now it averages 2-3 days, in rare cases - 5-7 days.
Earlier, Deputy Director for Research of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Chairman of the National Scientific Society of Infectious Diseases, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gorelov compared the epidemiological process in the Omicron coronavirus strain with seasonal SARS.