Reasons for rise in number of COVID cases announced

"At the beginning of the year, there were several types of the Omicron strain, but today new variants appear," said Tayyar Eyvazov, a specialist-expert of the Ministry of Health and an infectious disease specialist, Report informs.

According to him, the weakening of mass immunity in people over time, the emergence of a new strain causes the current situation: "This is also natural. Because the Omicron strain is spreading rapidly.