WHO Representative in Russia: the new omicron coronavirus strain may be more infectious 
that the new omicron coronavirus strain may be more infectious. RIA Novosti writes about this.
At the same time, the representative of the organization urged not to panic in connection with the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19.
The first cases of infection with the new variant became known on November 24. Then there were reports of dozens of people infected in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. British scientists suggested that the new strain would be better at evading antibodies than the delta variant.