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29-11-2021|Coronavirus

The symptoms of the omicron Covid variant are explained by a South African doctor who spotted it first.

  • The South African doctor who first raised the alarm about the new strain described the Covid symptoms linked to the new omicron variant as "extremely mild."
  • On Sunday, Dr. Angelique Coetzee told the BBC that "Extremely mild symptoms" have been seen in the patients thus far.
  • It will take weeks, according to the WHO, to figure out how the variant may influence diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

The symptoms linked to the new omicron variant have been described by the South African doctor who first raised the alarm about the new strain as "extremely mild."

Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told the BBC on Sunday that she began seeing patients with "unusual symptoms" around November 18 that differed slightly from those associated with the delta variant, which is the virus's most virulent strain to date and the most prevalent worldwide.

"It started with a 33-year-old male patient who mentioned to me that he's just been incredibly weary for the past few days and he's got these body aches and pains with a bit of a headache," she told the BBC.

She added the patient didn't have a sore throat, but rather a "scratchy throat" with no cough or loss of taste or smell, which have been associated with prior coronavirus strains.

Coetzee claimed she tested the male patient for Covid, and he and his family were both positive, and then she said she met other patients that day who had the same symptoms but were not the delta variant.

This prompted her to alert the vaccination advisory group in South Africa, of which she is a member.

Other patients with the omicron form she had encountered thus far had likewise reported "extremely mild" symptoms, and she added that her colleagues had seen similar cases.

"What we're seeing clinically in South Africa — and remember, I'm working at the heart of this — is incredibly mild; for us, [these are] mild cases." We haven't admitted anyone, and I've spoken with other colleagues who have given me the same impression."

It will take weeks, according to the WHO, to figure out how the variant may influence diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

Coetzee's early findings are based on a tiny number of instances, and specialists are concerned about the enormous number of mutations in omicron. According to the WHO, preliminary evidence suggests the strain has a higher risk of reinfection.

Early evidence suggests that the variant is spreading faster in South Africa than earlier versions, and that the variant, formally designated as B.1.1.529, may be triggering a fresh wave of infections, according to a Financial Times analysis.

It may take some time to figure out what precise symptoms, if any, are caused by the new omicron variety on a larger scale.

Since the virus initially appeared in China in late 2019, the symptoms of Covid have evolved. The "alpha" and "delta" variants, which were first detected in the United Kingdom and India, were shown to induce various symptoms, such as increased headaches, sore throat, runny nose, and fever in the latter.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has highlighted the wide range of Covid symptoms that have been documented, saying that "anyone can have mild to severe symptoms" that manifest 2-14 days after contact to the virus.

Fever or chills, cough, exhaustion, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, muscular or body pains, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea are among the symptoms listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Unnecessary panic?

South Africa's health minister on Friday condemned the measure as a "knee-jerk, draconian" reaction by a slew of countries that have temporarily barred travel from six southern African countries where the strain has been discovered.

When asked by BBC's Andrew Marr if countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, and the European Union were "panicking unnecessarily," Coetzee said the omicron variant has already spread to those countries.

"I believe you already have it in your country without even realising it, therefore I would say yes at this point." "Maybe in two weeks we'll say something else," she added.

The World Health Organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris, told CNBC on Monday that "we have South Africa to thank" for raising the alarm about the new variant, which has been detected in the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong but not yet in the United States.

The WHO's Harris stated that while the organisation dislikes travel restrictions, it recognises that countries must take safeguards based on their particular epidemiological conditions and risk-based analyses of current data.

The United Nations' health agency said on Monday that the delta variety is still responsible for the majority of current illnesses around the world and remains its main concern.

"The delta variant is responsible for over 99 percent of infections around the world, and unvaccinated people are dying in greater numbers," WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Monday.

"I think that's our top priority as we wait for additional information on [the omicron] variant."

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