The proportion of super-distributors - those who are able to infect more people than the average infected person - in some regions can reach 80% or more, Alexander Semenov, HEAD of the branch of the state scientific center of virology and biotechnology "Vector" of Rospotrebnadzor in Yekaterinburg, told TASS.
According to him, we are talking about regions where people neglect masks, do not observe social distance, “crowd, hug, kiss, hang out all together.”
“Especially where the incidence tends to rise sharply, it is most likely in such regions that super-spreaders should be tracked,” Semyonov said.
Scientists have reported the difference in symptoms of covid in people of different ages Society
In July, Associate Professor of the Russian National Research Medical University im. Pirogov, infectious disease DOCTOR Ivan Konovalov said that some people with covid-19 can remain contagious for a long time. According to him, there are "certain genetically unique people whose immune system is tolerant to the presence of the virus" - they shed it much longer than others. “As a rule, these are asymptomatic carriers. We call these people “superspreaders.” There are not so many of them in percentage terms,” he said.