Symptoms of Omicron Variant Explained

The Nu variant, which was detected in South Africa and announced to be seen in various countries in a short time, gained its official name the other day. The variant considered to be more contagious and more dangerous than the delta variant.Omicron‘ was named. New statements came from doctors living in South Africa today about the symptoms of the variant that scared the world again.

Speaking at the press conference of the South African Ministry of Health, Unben Pillay stated that we are still in the early days of the variant, and that the disease is mild in these patients. In patients with this variant dry cough, high fever, night sweats and experiencing a lot of pain in the body He added that vaccinated patients have a better recovery from the disease.

Most of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.

Speaking over the weekend, Dr. Angelique Coetzee noted that the Omicron variant usually shows unusual symptoms, such as extreme fatigue. But unlike what we are used to with other variants, in none of the cases no loss of taste and smell expressed. At the South African National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Wassila Jassat also said in a statement:Of those hospitalized from Omicron cases detected in Tshwane city 87% unvaccinated” he used the phrase.

There is demographic change in patients:

Rudo Mathivha, head of the intensive care unit of the hospital in the city of Soweto, said in his statement that they saw a demographic change in COVID-19 patients, with people in their 20s and late 30s coming to the hospital more heavily and entering intensive care. Mathivha, these 65% of them are unvaccinated, while the rest single dose vaccination stated. He added that one of the reasons for this demographic difference may be the low vaccination rates among young people in the country.