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In Russia, cases of infection with the omicron coronavirus strain were detected among people who did not leave the country. About it stated Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko at a meeting of the department headquarters.
“Today we see in our country not only imported cases of infection with a new strain. In the regions there are already cases of detecting omicron in people who have not left our country, ”the minister said.
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The head of the Ministry of Health recalled that the omicron “spreads very quickly”, and also noted that in the conditions of the spread of the new strain, the regions need to take serious preventive measures.
Earlier, on January 2, the first case of infection with the omicron strain was recorded in Karelia. A woman who returned from France fell ill. The doctors assessed her condition as satisfactory.
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