The second wave of the spread of COVID-19 in Russia was caused by a virus that had already been in the country before. This was announced on December 24 by Georgy Bazykin, Head of the Molecular Evolution Sector of the IITP RAS, Skoltech Professor.
“Now everyone is infected mainly with a virus that has been circulating in Russia for a long time. There was no need for additional deliveries, we have our own epidemic and it is quite enough to feed this epidemic. Nothing similar to what happened in March, when most of the infections were from newcomers, now most of the infections are from people who don’t go anywhere, but live next to us, “RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, on December 22, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that a new strain of coronavirus, which was found in the UK, was not found in Russia. According to her, at the moment, 1424 COVID-19 mutations have been recorded in the Russian Federation. None of these mutations are associated with changes in the properties of the virus.
As of December 23, 2,933,753 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia in 85 regions. Over the entire period of the pandemic, 52,461 deaths were recorded, 2,343,967 patients recovered.
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