Nikolai Kryuchkov, a candidate of medical sciences immunologist, Managing Director of the Clinical Excellence Group company responsible for registration and research of drugs, said that in a few months, a sub-variant of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 Kraken could spread widely in Russia. Federation. It has been reported “Lenta.ru”.
According to him, “kraken” may have already been brought to Russia in small quantities. At the same time, as Kryuchkov noted, new variants of the coronavirus always appeared in the West about a month and a half earlier than in the Russian Federation.
“From the end of January, there will be an increase in incidence again, but this has nothing to do with Kraken. If it does not spread, the incidence will still increase rapidly. If it starts, there will be more infections,” he said.
The immunologist also emphasized that the “kraken” will not be the dominant variant of COVID-19 in the world, but will exist simultaneously with the others.
Previous TASS referring to Rospotrebnadzor reportedA new subspecies of the “omicron” strain of coronavirus XBB.1.5 called “kraken” is not found in Russia.