Scientists from the University of Hong Kong managed to take a photo of the new omicron coronavirus strain.
The photograph shows an electron micrograph of a monkey kidney cell (Vero E6) infected with an omicron. There is a picture at low and high magnification.
The photo was published on the website of the medical faculty of the university.
The picture shows lesions with swollen vesicles, which contain viral particles. At high magnification, the researchers were able to make out clusters of characteristic spherical objects with crown-shaped spikes on their surface.
The day before, on December 6, it became known that the first two cases of infection with the omicron strain were confirmed in Russia. These are two people who came from South Africa.
Earlier, “Hi-Tech” wrote about what is already known about the omicron-strain and how dangerous it is.
