Omicron variants have been associated with mild infections, which have produced a number of symptoms similar to ordinary flu.
Having headaches, sore throat, runny nose, feel tired and often sneeze all feel like cold or flu.
However, in the midst of reporting that Omicron had symptoms similar to ordinary flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that it was not ordinary flu and should not be taken lightly.
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The four most common symptoms of omicron variants are coughing, fatigue, congestion and colds, according to the US center for disease control and prevention analysis.
A recent study with the UK Zoe Covid application added nausea and losing appetite to the category.
Several studies from South Africa, the US and the United Kingdom have shown that infections caused by variants that are very transplant are generally mild, with less hospitalized.
“Omicron is not an ordinary flu,” said the epidemiology of Dr.
Maria Van Kerkhove in a tweet.
“While some reports show a risk reduction in omicron hospitalization compared to Delta, there are still too many infected people, in sick hospitals and dying from Omicron (and Delta),” he added.
Britain was reported to have seen around 14 deaths due to omicron variants, while the US and South Korea have seen one death.
Death occurs in a majority in people who are not vaccinated.
“Omicron is not a common healthy flu! Health system can be overwhelmed,” said whose head of scientist Dr.
Soumya Swaminathan on Twitter.
“It is important to have a system to test, suggest and monitor a large number of patients because the surge can be sudden and big,” he warned.
Kerkhove states that “we can prevent infection, save life now” by ensuring vaccine equity.
Meanwhile, which on Tuesday also stated that the evidence that arose revealed that Omicron affected the upper respiratory tract, causing symptoms that were lighter than the previous variant.
“We see more research showing that Omicron infects the upper part of the body.
Unlike others, which can cause severe pneumonia,” WHO Incident Manager Abdi Mahamud to Journalists based in Geneva.
At the same time, the global health agency warns that infections that soar because Omicron throughout the world can lead to the emergence of new variants, media reports.
The more spread variants, more and more can replicate and issue a new variant that can be more deadly.
France has detected a new variant, named IHU.
The new variant, with 46 mutations, has been infected with 12 people, both vaccinated and not vaccinated “is still too early to speculate about the features of the virology, epidemiological or clinical of the iHU variant based on (only) 12 cases”.
(With input from IANs)
