What Are The Symptoms Of The New Type Of Coronavirus Omecron

OMECRON, A NEW STRAIN OF THE CORONA VIRUS, HAS CAUSED WORLDWIDE  

CONCERN, WITH HEALTH EXPERTS SAYING ITS SYMPTOMS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REPORTS, A DOCTOR FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WHO HAD WARNED GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF A NEW STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS, SAID THAT THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE IN PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS WERE MORE THAN DELTA TYPE. ARE MORE DIFFERENT.

DR ANGELIQUE QUETZI, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, SAID PEOPLE INFECTED WITH OMEKRON REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF EXTREME FATIGUE, HEAD AND BODY ACHES, OCCASIONAL SORE THROATS AND COUGHS.

HE ADDED THAT THE PULSE RATE OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS NEW TYPE OF CORONA IS MUCH FASTER THAN THAT OF DELTA DUE TO THE DECREASE IN THE LEVEL OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD AND LOSS OF SENSE OF SMELL OR TASTE.

HE SAID THAT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN PRETORIA HE DID NOT HAVE THE INFLUX OF COD PATIENTS, BUT IN THE SECOND DECADE OF NOVEMBER THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS REPORTING VARIOUS SYMPTOMS.

IN VIEW OF THIS, HE INFORMED THE GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE LABORATORIES IDENTIFIED THE NEW VARIETY IN A FEW DAYS.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTOR SAYS THAT I TOLD HIM THAT THIS TIME THE SYMPTOMS OF COD ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF DELTA, BUT THESE SYMPTOMS ARE EITHER SIMILAR TO BETA OR IT IS A NEW TYPE, I EXPECT THIS NEW TYPE. THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE WILL BE MILD OR MODERATE, YET WE ARE CONFIDENT TO HANDLE IT.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) IS CONDUCTING THIS NEW TYPE OF ANALYSIS AND SAYS IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER IT IS CONTAGIOUS OR NOT.

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THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) HAS CALLED ON GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO LAUNCH LARGE-SCALE TESTING FOR OMEKRON.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SCIENTISTS ADVISING THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT SAY THAT OMECRON APPEARS TO BE MORE CONTAGIOUS, BUT THE SEVERITY OF THE CASES HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE NEGLIGIBLE IN MOST PEOPLE AFFECTED BY IT.

DURING A MEDIA BRIEFING ON NOVEMBER 29, SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH EXPERTS SAID THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WERE UNVACCINATED AND THAT THE INITIAL EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE WAS THE SAME AS IN THE PAST.

HE SAID EXISTING VACCINES COULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SOLID PROTECTION AGAINST SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IF INFECTED WITH THE NEW STRAIN.

EXPERTS SAY THE NUMBER OF CASES IN SOUTH AFRICA IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 10,000 A DAY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, UP FROM 3,000 LAST WEEK.

HE ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES COULD INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON HOSPITALS, PEOPLE NEED NOT WORRY.

THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE IS MODERATE IN SOME CASES, BUT THERE ARE STILL EARLY DAYS, DURING WHICH PATIENTS EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DRY COUGH, FEVER, NIGHT SWEATS AND PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT, ONE EXPERT SAID