“You need to monitor your feelings. The most important symptom is not a high fever and cough, but shortness of breath, ”he said on the television channel Russia 1.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health stated that coronavirus is characterized by the presence of clinical symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections, including fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, and a feeling of stuffiness in the chest.
On April 22, Andrei Beletsky, chief freelance pulmonologist at the Moscow Department of Health, compared the symptoms of coronavirus and SARS, noting that the first signs of COVID-19 resemble symptoms of acute respiratory diseases.