Gintsburg said that mutations of the Indian strain of covid are resistant to antibodies

"It (Indian strain - ed.) Does not destroy cells, but spreads, passing from one cell to another, forming multinucleated cells, thus, when it has already penetrated inside, it becomes very resistant to antibodies that circulate in the blood, this is his trick", - quotes RIA Novosti the words of Alexander Gintsburg.

At the same time, according to the expert, the Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" is capable of producing a sufficiently high titer of antibodies in order to protect a person from mutations.

It's worth reminding that the strain in question, B.1.617, was identified in India in October last year in the state of Maharashtra. Today it has spread to many countries. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that 90% of those infected with the coronavirus had this particular delta variant.

Note that the symptoms of the Indian strain are often atypical, and those already sick mistakenly assume that they are not infected with COVID-19. According to the deputy director of the Gamaleya Center Denis Logunov, the Indian strain of coronavirus two to three times reduces the immune response in those who have already been vaccinated against coronavirus and in those who have had it.

The most common symptom of the Indian strain of covid is diarrhea. Also, the sick complain of hearing impairment. In addition, patients with this variant of the coronavirus develop rhombs that provoke gangrene, infectious disease specialist Abdul Ghafoor told Express.

To date, 5,334,204 cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in Russia. 4,878,33 patients have recovered and were discharged from medical institutions since the beginning of the pandemic. 129,801 people with confirmed covid have died.