COVID-19 Omicron Variant: Symptoms and Treatment?
COVID-19 Omicron Variant Symptoms South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said that “currently no unusual symptoms have been reported following infection with the B.1.1.529 variant.” NICD also said that as with other infectious variants such as Delta, some of those infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are asymptomatic. Chair of South African Medical Association says Omicron cases are mild so far, but it's too soon to the determine risk of severe disease. "It may be it's highly transmissible, but so far the cases we are seeing are extremely mild," Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told The Guardian on 26 Nov 2021. "Maybe two weeks from now I will have a different opinion, but this is what we are seeing." Individuals are reminded to seek immediate medical attention (go to a hospital’s emergency departmen...