Murashko announced the detection of non-imported cases of "omicron" in Russia

In RUSSIA, cases of infection with the Omicron CORONAVIRUS strain were detected among people who did not leave the country. This was stated by the HEAD of the Ministry of HEALTH of Russia Mikhail Murashko at a meeting of the headquarters of the department.

“Today we see in our country not only imported cases of infection with a new strain. In the regions, there are already cases of detection of “omicron” in people who have not left our country,” the minister said.

The head of the Ministry of Health recalled that "omicron" is "spreading very quickly", and also noted that in the context of the spread of a new strain, the regions need to take serious preventive measures.

Earlier, on January 2, the first case of infection with the omicron strain was recorded in Karelia. A woman who returned from France fell ill. Doctors assessed her condition as satisfactory.