COVID-19 Omicron variant symptoms
Amid a rise in coronavirus COVID-19 cases globally fuelled by the Omicron variant scientists and experts are working to analyse the immune escape potential. Where it caused more than 70 of recent Covid-19 cases by Dec.
Symptoms of the omicron variant of COVID-19 The COVID-19 omicron variant.
. The CDC says that COVID-19 vaccines are expected to offer protection against severe illness hospitalizations and deaths from the Omicron variant as well as COVID-19 and other variants. The most commonly reported symptoms linked to omicron so far are cough fatigue and congestion or runny nose according to the CDC. 20 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However the new COVID-19 variant has been shown to evade COVID-19 vaccines infecting the fully vaccinated too. Cara Gluck the chief of clinical services at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department recently told KOCO News that the omicron variant symptoms are often less severe than the symptoms felt from the delta variant which. The new Covid-19 variant Omicron has continued its global spread since the World Health Organization announced it was a variant of concern on November 24 after it was detected in southern Africa.
So far early data and research suggest the omicron variant has led to less severe symptoms and hospitalizations as I wrote for the Deseret News. Omicron variant symptoms appear to be different than the previous COVID-19 symptoms felt from earlier strains according to experts. Theres still not a lot of information on the difference between symptoms of the omicron variant and other COVID-19 variants if there are any but the CDC recently released a briefing with the most commonly reported symptoms.
After the initial examination it was said that Omicron is the most worrying Covid variant since delta with a large number of mutations. However the Omicron appears to be milder but no doubt the. The variant has now been identified in more than 85 countries including the US.
Just like the Delta variant breakthrough infections will happen among the fully vaccinated but the vaccine will protect against severe illness. Scientists worldwide are racing to establish how contagious and deadly Omicron is and if current treatments and vaccines are effective against it. In fact double-vaccinated people without a booster are at risk for infection.
Many questions about the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant remain unanswered but some evidence is emerging to suggest that it might not present the same way as other strains of the disease.