Rospotrebnadzor recognized the new variant of coronavirus “Pyrol” as more contagious than “Omicron”

The coronavirus variant BA.2.86, dubbed “pyrola,” is more contagious than its predecessors, Rospotrebnadzor said. The agency assured that Russia has tests to detect pyrola, as well as drugs to treat the virus caused by this variant.

“The new variant of coronavirus (BA.2.86) “pirol” has a number of additional mutations compared to previously identified variants of “omicron”, and it is more contagious than its predecessors,” says a press release from Rospotrebnadzor (quoted by TASS).

According to the agency, the vaccines updated for the Omicron variant are “effective in reducing severe forms of the disease and the number of hospitalizations.” “Early results from laboratory studies in China and Sweden suggest that the variant may not be as contagious or as capable of evading immune defenses as previously claimed by some scientists, and is not seen as a ‘second coming’.” “omicron,” added Rospotrebnadzor.

Cases of infection with the pyrola subtype of COVID-19 have been identified in more than 10 countries, including Denmark, France, Sweden and the United States. The World Health Organization said that this is a mutated subtype of the virus that manages to bypass immunity obtained after infection with other variants of COVID-19 or after vaccination.

At the end of August in Russia and the world started the incidence of coronavirus is growing. Against this background, in the Government House of the Russian Federation from September 18 returned restrictions against the spread of the virus. Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova last week spokewhich sees no reason to introduce a mask regime.

Laura Keffer