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Protsenko spoke about the distinctive features of the new wave of COVID-19

Denis Protsenko, head physician of hospital No. 40 in Moscow's Kommunarka, said that the increase in the load on the primary outpatient link is becoming a feature of a new wave of coronavirus cases with the dominant Omicron strain. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

The doctor also pointed out that there is a relatively mild course of COVID-19, hospital admissions are not growing at such an explosive pace, and the bulk of patients are being treated by general practitioners.

An increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection in Russia has been observed since the week before last, which is associated with the spread of the omicron variant.

According to the latest data, over the past day, 14,046 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in the country, 98,040 cases of coronavirus infection were detected, and 673 died.

Infectious disease doctor, Professor Nikolai Malyshev warned that the next two weeks in the Russian Federation would be difficult in terms of the incidence of coronavirus, “the numbers will increase.”

Earlier, the immunologist Kryuchkov explained why Omicron will not be the last strain of coronavirus. Omicron, he said, will definitely not be the last strain of coronavirus. According to the specialist, the spread of the “omicron” substrain is alarming, for example, in Denmark, where it gave a sharp outbreak, interrupting the emerging fall in the incidence.

Protsenko spoke about the distinctive features of the new wave of COVID-19