Russia (bbabo.net), - The omicron coronavirus strain was first recorded in North Ossetia. As Alan Tibilov, head of the department of Rospotrebnadzor of the region, said at a meeting in the republican government, two patients with COVID-19 with a new strain were detected per day.

“Two cases of infection with the Omicron strain have been recorded, but so far the Indian variant Delta has dominated the territory of the republic,” Tibilov said. - In general, the situation in the republic last week was stable.

The head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo, meanwhile, instructed to prepare for an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the region. He instructed the Ministry of Health and Rospotrebnadzor to prepare specific proposals for this case.

As of January 16, 32,069 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the republic, 72 of them in the last day. 1029 people died during the entire pandemic.

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