Seven symptoms of the omicron mutation, including night sweats

Perform a PCR assay in a Johannesburg laboratory.

(AFP)

While the world is scrambling to contain the new mutated "Omicron" of the Corona virus, some express initial satisfaction with reports from South Africa of mild symptoms in some patients, and according to the newspaper "Express", seven early symptoms were reported.

Early symptoms of omicron include:

1. Extreme tiredness

2. Fever

3. Body aches

4. Headache

5. Night sweats

6. Runny nose

7. Itchy throat

We see patients with fever, night sweats and a lot of body aches, and the patients don't have a persistent cough or loss of taste or smell," Unpin Pillai, a GP in Johannesburg, said in a briefing held by the South African Ministry of Health. ".

The World Health Organization has confirmed that it may take weeks to understand how the variable could affect diagnosis, treatments and vaccines.

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