Former US President Barack Obama announced his infection with Covid-19, and talked about a specific symptom he felt, so what is it?
And how common is it in Corona patients?
The answers are in this report with the latest data globally.
This symptom is a scratchy throat.
I just tested positive for COVID.
I've had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise.
Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.
It's a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven't already, even as cases go down.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 13, 2022
"I've had a sore throat for a few days, but I feel fine otherwise," Obama wrote on Twitter.
"Michelle and I are grateful to receive the vaccination and the booster dose, and she tested negative," he added.
"Michelle and I are grateful that we received the (anti-Covid-19) vaccine and that we received a booster dose," Obama continued, calling for the vaccine to be taken "even if the number of infections decreased" in the United States.
Itchy throat
An itchy throat is one of the signs of a sore throat. Other signs include:
Sore throat.
A feeling of thickening in the throat, especially when swallowing or talking.
dryness in the throat;
Redness in the back of the throat.
A sore throat is a common symptom of COVID-19, and symptoms that develop with COVID-19 can vary from person to person.
Sore throats can be a symptom of "Covid-19" disease
A study published in February 2021 indicates that, compared to other symptoms, sore throats were occurring early in the infection, according to a report in Healthline.
This makes sense because in other respiratory illnesses, such as the common cold, sore throats are often an early symptom.
Respiratory viruses are inhaled, which means they enter the nose and throat first.
They may multiply there early, resulting in sore throats and irritation.
Reports vary about how common a sore throat is with COVID-19, and some research indicates that sore throat appears to occur in about 12 to 14% of people with COVID-19. However, nearly half of users of a symptom-tracking app report ( Its name is The ZOE Study on sore throats as a symptom of "Covid-19", according to a Healthline report.
But the only way to be sure if a sore throat is caused by "Covid-19" is to get a corona test.
Germany records a record number of injuries
We move to Germany, where the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control recorded this Monday morning a record number of weekly infections with the Corona virus.
Today, the institute indicated that this rate, which is the number of infections per 100,000 people over a period of 7 days, is currently 1,543, compared to 1526.8 yesterday.
The average was 1259.2 a week ago, and 1459.8 a month ago.
The institute added that during the past 24 hours, health offices in Germany recorded 92,378 new cases of the virus, compared to 78,428 cases on Monday.
The number of deaths caused by the disease during the past 24 hours reached 19, compared to 24 a week ago.
According to the institute's data, the number of cases of infection with the virus since its outbreak began in Germany in the spring of 2020, has reached 17 million, 233 thousand and 729 cases.
But the institute indicated that the actual total number of cases may be higher.
Because many cases of infection have not been discovered and recorded.
France abandons the obligatory circular to put the muzzle, vaccination certificate, and injuries rise
France lifted, on Monday, most of the restrictions it had imposed to combat the Corona virus, amid calls for caution against the "return" of the epidemic.
It is now possible to enter cinemas, theaters, restaurants and exhibitions without presenting a certificate of vaccination, or to walk in the corridors of schools and shops with an open face without wearing a mask.
However, the mask remains mandatory in transportation and health care institutions.
Companies can decide to impose a mask on their employees.
The Ministry of Education also “strongly” recommended that those who had contact with the injured put the muzzle “in closed places for a period of 7 days.”
The health certificate remains required by presenting the vaccination certificate or a negative test for the virus in health care institutions and homes for the elderly.
It is noteworthy that in early March, when the government decided to ease the measures to combat the epidemic, the fifth strong and long wave of the spread of the virus was witnessing a clear decline, but in recent days this is no longer the case.
The number of injuries began to rise again in France, and the average number of injuries on Sunday for the past seven days reached more than 65,250 injuries, compared to 50,646 in the previous week.
The increase in the number of injuries has not yet affected critical care services, despite an increase in the number of hospitalizations on Sunday.
"We still have to wait a bit to see if this trend strengthens, but in fact we see the same thing at the European level," the head of the infectious diseases department at Bisha Hospital in Paris, Yazdan Yazdanbana, told France Inter.
The member of the Scientific Council points to "3 reasons" for the high number of injuries:
The presence of the BA2 subvariable is slightly more diffuse.
Schools reopen after holiday.
Perhaps people are lax in applying the rules of prevention, which is very normal.
Yazdanbana stated that "80% of the people" are now vaccinated, and that "a large percentage of the population has been infected (with the virus) and this immunity will most likely protect us, at least in terms of hospitalization."
In the most pessimistic scenario, the French Research Institute Pasteur estimated Thursday that the peak of infections “may exceed 100,000 injuries per day in March,” a high number, but “very low compared to the peak recorded in January.”
Millions stoned in China after recording the largest number of Covid cases in two years
We conclude in China, where a home quarantine was imposed on millions of people in different parts of the country on Sunday, after 3,393 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded, in a record daily toll since the outbreak of the pandemic began in February 2020, while the authorities are rushing to cordon off the epicenters of the outbreak.
In light of the high number of injuries throughout the country, the authorities closed residential neighborhoods in Shanghai, the most populous city in China, including schools, companies, restaurants and commercial centers, and announced Sunday that it is not possible to leave or enter the city without an examination to detect a negative infection, including Not to exceed 48 hours.
On Sunday, 17 million people were quarantined in the city of Shenzhen, the technological center in southern China, after 66 new infections with the Corona virus were recorded.
A stone was also imposed in many northeastern cities, at a time when about 19 provinces are working to contain local outbreaks of the "Omicron" and "Delta" mutant.
A partial closure was imposed in the large city of Jilin in northeastern China, affecting hundreds of neighborhoods in it, an official announced on Sunday.
In Yangi, with a population of 700,000, on the border with North Korea, a complete closure was imposed.
China, where the virus was first detected in the world in late 2019, adopted a "zero Covid" policy.
It deals with new outposts through local closure measures, mass testing of the population, and the application of tracing of infected and contacts.
Record Number of Injuries Caused by Omicron
However, this record number of daily infections caused by the omicron mutant destabilized this approach.
"In some areas, the intervention mechanism is not solid enough, and the understanding of the characteristics of the omicron mutant is also not enough (...) and the judgment was not correct," Zhang Yan, a health official in Jilin, said at a press conference.
He added, "This also reflects the rapid spread (..) of the virus in different regions and the shortage (..) in medical resources," which led to delays in hospitalization processes and in treating patients.
He explained that the outbreak of infections shows that "the spread of the omicron mutant is hidden, highly contagious, rapid and difficult to detect in the early stages."
Local officials said Jilin residents underwent six rounds of group tests.
On Sunday, this city recorded 500 cases of the mutant Omicron.
And closed Saturday hundreds of neighborhoods of the city.
On Friday, the neighboring city of Changchun, an industrial center of 9 million people, was also closed.
State media reported that the mayor of Jilin and the head of the Changchun Health Commission were sacked on Saturday.
China has so far succeeded in keeping infections at a very low level thanks to local closure measures, mass testing and border closures.