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Russian scientists have finished studying omicron strain in South Africa

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Russian scientists have finished studying omicron strain in South Africa


22.12.2021

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The work of Russian scientists in South Africa has been completed, RIA Novosti reports. Russian experts, together with local colleagues, studied a new strain of coronavirus.

A two-way mission was organized to investigate the omicron strain, to find out its clinical and epidemiological characteristics.

The plane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with virologists and a mobile laboratory landed at the Johannesburg airport on the night of December 14. 20 leading experts from the Russian Ministry of Health, Rospotrebnadzor and the Vector Center arrived in South Africa.

During a mission to South Africa, Russian scientists shared their experience in combating COVID-19, epidemiological monitoring, and assessing the immune status of those infected and vaccinated. Both sides agreed to intensify the exchange of data on research results in the fight against coronavirus.

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