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Most often, elderly people become such patients.

In the Republic of South Africa, special conditions are being created for the formation of new strains of coronavirus, since a significant part of the population of this country is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

The World Health Organization expects an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths due to the Omicron coronavirus strain.

Consultant of the digital medical service Doctor Nearby, general practitioner, told Izvestia how the symptoms differ in cases of illness with strains of the Delta and Omicron coronavirus.

Antibodies of patients who were vaccinated twice with the Pfizer vaccine and had previously been ill with coronavirus, fought more actively with the «omicron» strain.

American biologists have found that rhamnan sulfate, a polysaccharide found in Monostroma nitidum algae used to wrap sushi, effectively suppresses the coronavirus.

The emergence of the omicron strain of coronavirus may mean the onset of the final stage of the pandemic.

Vaccination, in particular against COVID-19, during a cold, or after contact with a sick person can lead to an exacerbation of chronic, latent diseases and a hyperimmune reaction.

Gaps in global efforts to track coronavirus variants make it difficult not only to track early omicron infections, but also to identify new mutations.

The new Omicron coronavirus strain may account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases in the European Union in the coming months. 

Neurological complications are observed in 80% of those who suffered severe COVID-19 and were in the hospital.

Director of the Center. Gamalei Alexander Gunzburg said he would test the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine against the new COVID-19 strain from Botswana when he receives a sample.

Since there was one «delta» in Japan, mutations in the nsp14 protein accumulated in it, according to Japanese colleagues.

In Russia, a new rapid test for coronavirus is being developed, which will make it possible to find out in 15 minutes whether a person is sick or not.

The companies reported that their vaccine against COVID-19 is 100% effective for protecting children 12-15 years old.