“They said that it causes a more severe course of the disease, but then this was not confirmed ... In terms of severity, it is the same as the others,” she said.
According to the specialist, if earlier in people who had a severe course of COVID-19 disease, oxygen starvation developed on the 10-14th day of illness, then with the delta strain, shortness of breath and the need for oxygen therapy occurs “somewhere in the fifth or seventh day of illness ".
“That is, the symptoms develop more rapidly over time, and this is exactly what gave the first time such a reason to say that this infection is more severe.
No.
But it is more contagious, ”Pshenichnaya said.
Earlier, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development Anastasia Rakova said that the delta coronavirus strain is 100% widespread in Moscow.
Immunologist Nikolai Kryuchkov, in an interview with URA.RU, said that those who have suffered from COVID-19 in a moderate, severe or extremely severe form may experience a feeling of lack of air.