The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan said that a new strain of the Omicron coronavirus has been discovered in seven people.
“Based on the results of genotyping, a new type of coronavirus was detected in eight samples, including seven in Alma-Ata and one in Nur-Sultan,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The Omicron mutant is considered more dangerous than all previous strains of Corona, as it enters the upper respiratory tract, and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant.
The discovery of the omicron mutant in Kazakhstan
