A medical worker wearing protective gear gets in an ambulance at a hospital in Kommunarka in the suburb of Moscow, Russia, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
The patients all have a mild form of the virus and have not been hospitalized.
MOSCOW, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Five cases of the COVID-19 subvariant Omicron BA.2.75, or "Centaurus," have been detected in Moscow, the country's consumer rights and human well-being watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Tuesday.
"Five genomic sequences assigned to the BA.2.75 subvariant of the Omicron strain have been added to the VGARus (Virus Genome Aggregator of Russia) database," it said in a statement.
Rospotrebnadzor said the samples were taken in July in Moscow, adding the patients all have a mild form of the virus and have not been hospitalized.
"Centaurus" was first detected in May in India and is believed to be highly transmissible. ■
