Omicron strain is highly contagious: Azerbaijan’s Health Ministry

“Incubation period with Omicron strain of the coronavirus infection is significantly short compared with the previous strains. (mainly 1-3 days)." said T. Eyvazov

“Incubation period with Omicron strain of the coronavirus infection is significantly short compared with the previous strains. (mainly 1-3 days). As well as the new strain is highly contagious. Thus it has already become a dominant strain in a short period of time, displacing the delta strain in a number of countries. Rapidly spreading Omicron strain mainly is milder, the development of severe pneumonia is observed fewer, the process mainly located in the upper respiratory tract,” Specialist-expert of the Ministry of Health Tayyar Eyvazov said while responding social media questions on Omicron strain, Qazet.az reports.

He has also lent clarity to the period of quarantine for infection with the new strain. According to T. Eyvazov, in the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the period of infection, ie detection, is shorter: “Therefore, quarantine period was cut up to 5-7 days in some countries depending on the form of the disease.”