Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
COVID-19 still haunts Indonesia. Various new subvariants of Omicron emerged, giving rise to many new cases.
You need to know some of the following symptoms of the latest variant of Covid-19.
Covid-19 is an infectious disease that attacks the respiratory tract. The disease is transmitted by respiratory droplets or dropletbut it can also spread through the air.
Omicron is the variant of SARS-CoV-2 that is currently the most invasive. This variant has contributed to the majority of cases of transmission of Covid-19 in recent times.
Symptoms of the latest variant of Covid-19
Basically, the symptoms of Covid-19 caused by the Omicron variant tend to be mild. In fact, the symptoms are said to be very similar to the common cold.
Here are some symptoms of the latest variant of Covid-19 that you need to know about.
1. Fever
Doctors at Praseno Hadi Friendship Central General Hospital (RSUP) have revealed that the most common symptom of Covid-19 is fever.
In general, a person can be said to have a fever if their body temperature is above 37.5 degrees Celsius.
However, every person has a normal body temperature that is different. A person can also be said to have a fever when the recorded temperature is 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than the normal body temperature.
2. Dry cough
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Illustration. Cough, one of the symptoms of the latest variant of Covid-19. (iStockphoto/Kiwi)
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In addition to fever, another symptom that often appears is a dry cough. This type of cough will not trigger phlegm production, but will cause an itchy sensation in the throat.
Coughing is the body’s response to expel foreign pathogens entering the body, one of which is a virus.
Even so, Hadi stressed that the fever and cough symptoms that often occur in sufferers of the new variant of Covid-19 are not serious.
“These symptoms can also heal within three to five days after testing positive,” Hadi said, some time ago.
3. Muscle and joint pain
Muscle pain is a fairly typical symptom of the Omicron variant. The muscle pain will feel like a aching rheumatic pain that makes the body feel weak as if it is losing energy.
“Fever accompanied by body aches. Muscle pain is one of the symptoms of Covid-19,” Hadi said.
4. Colds
Colds are also one of the symptoms of the new variant to watch out for.
Unfortunately, these symptoms are very similar to those of the common cold. For this reason, an antigen swab or PCR test is recommended to be sure.
5. Headache
Patients with the new variant of Covid-19 now often complain of headaches. The headache feels dizzy, throbbing, under pressure.
This condition usually appears as the body’s reaction to inflammation, which occurs because the body is fighting off a virus.
These are the symptoms of the new variant of Covid-19 that patients most often complain about. Don’t forget to continue to implement health protocols to avoid this disease.
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