Coronavirus Omicorn Variant: Do Symptoms show up Sooner Than Other COVID-19? Does the Omicorn Variant Of COVID-19 Spread Faster? Why is Omicorn a COVID-19 of Concern ?
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The new coronavirus variant Omicron has been spreading like wildfire. Around the world, health officials have raised concerns and urge everyone to take necessary measures against the same.
In India, 14 new cases of Omicron have been reported, which has shot up the tally to 87. The UK, with 78,610 cases, recorded the highest ever number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Britain’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty says, “Records will be broken a lot in the next few weeks as the rates continue to go up”.
While we’re all aware of the classic symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, fatigue, persistent cough and loss of sense of smell and taste, experts believe that the symptoms from the Omicron variant may be different and more ‘unusual’.
Omicron variant has been associated with mild infections, which has resulted in a number of symptoms akin to common cold.
Having headaches, a sore throat, a runny nose, feeling fatigued and frequent sneezing may all feel like a usual cold or a flu.
Omicron cases have surged around the world in a short span of time. Symptoms from the new variant are said to be slightly unconventional too. But does it mean the incubation period of the new variant is shorter than usual?
While research around the same is still ongoing, experts believe that symptoms from Omicron could show up sooner than previous COVID-19 variants.
According to UK’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid, “Recent analysis from the UK Health Security Agency suggests that the window between infection and infectiousness may be shorter for the Omicron variant than the Delta variant.”
A person infected with COVID-19 becomes contagious around 2 days prior to symptoms onset and for upto 10 days after, which means during this infectious window, you could infect anyone.
If you come in contact with an COVID-infected person, make sure you quarantine yourself and get yourself tested for the same. Until your reports are out, do not come in contact with anyone.