In “Vector” they told how quickly “omicron” makes a person contagious

A person infected with the omicron-strain of coronavirus becomes contagious in a few hours. TASS head of the branch of the State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” of Rospotrebnadzor in Yekaterinburg Alexander Semenov.

“The most annoying thing is that because of its rapid multiplication, you can already become a distributor of the virus not three or four days after infection, but by the evening,” Semyonov said.

Another feature of “omicron” is the rapid excretion from the body. According to the virologist, it takes about a week.

Against the backdrop of the spread of “omicron” in Russia, the incidence has sharply increased, daily rates for the first time during the pandemic exceeded 100 thousand cases. According to headquarters As of January 30, more than 121,000 new cases have been detected in the country over the past 24 hours.