Presidential Assistant Maxim Oreshkin called Possible scenarios Influence of a new coronavirus strain on the Russian economy. His words leads RBC.
First scenario, negative and heavy. In this case, Oreshkin believes, Omicron strain will spread faster, and the disease itself will leak hard. In other words, everything will happen that the country has experienced in the first wave of a pandemic. Oreshkin’s second scenario called “false alarm” and explained that new strains appeared before, but they quickly forgot about them, although they carried certain risks.
Third script is positive. With him, the presidential assistant noted, there is a chance that the disease will proceed not very hard. “This scenario, unfortunately, is not very likely,” he admitted and added that now there is not enough information about the Omicron strain.