Omicron-strain: how the Novosibirsk authorities react to the increase in the incidence

An omicron strain has been officially recorded in the Novosibirsk region. According to the regional Rospotrebnadzor, as of January 28, five cases of infection with a new genovariant of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron virus were confirmed in the region, four of them were imported.

Since the start of the pandemic, 103,868 residents of the Novosibirsk Region have been infected with the covid infection. Over the past day, 634 cases have been detected, and there has been a significant increase in the incidence.

2,645 patients, including 140 children, were hospitalized in the region's infectious diseases hospitals with a diagnosis of covid-19 and with suspicion of it. There are 270 people in intensive care units. On mechanical ventilation — 54 patients.

A seasonal increase in ARVI infection is superimposed on the outbreak of the omicron strain. Thus, the number of cases in the region over the past week amounted to 25.9 thousand cases, which is significantly higher than the previous week.

Infectious disease DOCTOR, chief physician of Invitro-Siberia Andrey Pozdnyakov, in a commentary to RBC Novosibirsk, noted that now the symptoms of the disease caused by omicron are typical of a common ARVI. “The symptoms are so general that it is unlikely to put COVID-19 on the basis of the clinical picture alone,” the expert said.

The region has introduced a number of measures to counter the spread of the outbreak.