The first case of infection with omicron coronavirus has been reported in mainland China.
A patient with COVID-19, caused by a new South African mutation, was identified in the city of Tianjin. According to the epidemiological headquarters, the citizen returned from a trip abroad.
It has become known how the disease progresses in the first Chinese patient infected with the Omicron mutation.
It was established that the citizen returned to China from a trip abroad and is now in the hospital. Covid is asymptomatic.
This is the first case of detection of the omicron strain in mainland China, Izvestia quotes a statement from the city’s epidemiological headquarters.
The day before, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first death associated with the omicron coronavirus.
This was the first confirmed case of death caused by the new mutation of SARS-CoV-2.
After the incident, Johnson recommended that we stop considering the new version of the virus to be milder.
According to WHO data published on December 12, the new Omicron mutation has been identified in 63 countries around the world.
Scientists believe that this strain spreads faster than Delta, but it is not yet known how much more dangerous it is than its predecessors.
