Rospotrebnadzor expert Khafizov has no doubt that an omicron strain will appear in Russia … The discovery of a new strain was predicted by the head of the scientific group for the development of new diagnostic methods based on sequencing technologies of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Kamil Khafizov, he is quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to him, Rospotrebnadzor and other organizations are conducting large-scale sequencing of coronavirus genomes for the possible detection of omicrons -strain.