A South African doctor, who has treated about thirty COVID-19 patients infected with the new omicron variant, claims that they only have “Mild symptoms” and that for now they are passing their convalescence without the need for hospitalization.
During the last ten days, Angelique Coetzee, who is also the president of the South African Medical Association, has received patients with positive COVID-19 tests but with unusual symptoms.
“Which led them to consult me” on Pretoria “It was (above all) due to great fatigue”he told AFP.
Most of them were men under 40 years of age. Just under half were vaccinated.
In addition to the enormous fatigue, they suffered from muscle aches, a dry cough, or “Itchy throat”he added. Only a few had a low fever.
On November 18, Coetzee alerted the health authorities regarding this “Clinical picture that does not coincide with that of Delta”, until now the predominant variant in South Africa. The doctor was not taken by surprise, since this picture was already being studied.
Days later, on November 25, South African researchers announced that they had identified the variant B.1.1.529, named the next day as omicron by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has multiple mutations and is probably highly contagious.
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