G7 health ministers recognized that Omicron strain COVID-19 is the most dangerous threat. This is reported by the Ministry of Health of Great Britain.
According to the statement of the department, representatives of the “large seven” countries expressed deep concern about the incidence of infection with a new variant of the virus. The ministers also agreed that these events should be interpreted as the greatest threat to global health care at the moment.
In addition, the heads of the Ministry of Health noted that a joint work, which contributes to an equal access to the diagnosis, sequencing of the genomes of the virus, vaccines and various drugs, is crucial in the fight against the spread of an Omicron strain.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova called the rate of infection by the omikron strain in the world frightening. In particular, the situation is rapidly evolving in the UK and Africa, Popova noted. According to her, in these regions, Oomikron-strain accounts for more than 75 percent of cases that reveal every day. “The growth rates are frightened by their danger and risk,” she added.