Professor Altstein: there is no evidence that the omicron strain causes severe COVID-19 Anatoly Altstein, Professor of the NF Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, on the Doc Tok program on Channel One, assessed the ability of the omicron strain of coronavirus to cause a severe course of the disease and lead to death. According to him, there is no such data yet, since this virus was found recently, only three weeks have passed since the first infections. “All people who have isolated this virus, they transferred this coronavirus infection very easily. So we still have no reason to think that this is a very dangerous virus in terms of its lethal effect, “the scientist explained. Related materials17: 08 – October 28 Another COVID-19 attack The epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation has become seriously complicated 13:43 – November 1 Scientists have discovered a new drug for COVID-19. 48
