The omicron variant of the coronavirus is expressed in six long-term symptoms, said the developers of the Zoe Covid Study app, which collects data on the disease. About it writes Daily Express.
Patients who recovered from coronavirus were diagnosed with the symptom of “covid fingers”. With it, the toes turn red, purple or blue. They may rash, blister, and itch.
Express names eight early symptoms of omicron infection
Omicron can cause cracked and inflamed lips, eczema-like dryness of the skin on the neck and chest, as well as places where sunlight hits.
Specialists also identified symptoms such as a prickly heat-like rash and a rash characteristic of hives.
In addition, patients have reported red or purplish raised patches that usually occur with frostbite.
The head physician of a covid hospital called an unusual symptom “omicron”
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The omicron variant was identified in November in South Africa. It has many mutations and spreads much faster than the previous versions. However, people tolerate it quite easily or do not notice symptoms at all.
An infected person feels a sore throat, his muscles ache, and a fever occurs, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said in late December. The patient may experience a runny nose, headache, gastrointestinal upset or sleep disturbance, said infectious disease doctor Evgeny Timakov.
How the number of hospitalizations with coronavirus in Russia is changing
The number of hospitalized and diagnosed cases per day.
The operational headquarters began to give open regular statistics on hospitalizations from January 20, 2022
Source: Federal Coronavirus Control Headquarters
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