Virologist and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyotr Chumakov, announced that the Corona virus needs to go through two stages of development before it becomes a seasonal infection.

Speaking to Ura.ru, he told Ura.ru: “The first stage is an increase in infection and pathogenicity. This is due to the fact that the virus begins to adapt to humans and achieve the best mode of replication, because the human environment is different from that of bats.”

He added, “The good (second) stage is characterized by a decrease in pathogenicity, which is when, after the virus has adapted, it begins to decrease in pathogenicity. This is the transition to the usual form of seasonal infection.”

He expressed his belief that the emergence of the “Omicron” mutant may indicate a transition to the second stage of the virus’s development.

He explained, “We’ll see. We need another two or three weeks to understand the direction in which the situation is developing, and to what extent it displaces other breeds, because so far in general the situation can be interpreted in completely different ways.”