A South African doctor said Sunday that symptoms of the Omicron variant apppear to be mild and can be treated at home. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a private practitioner and chair of the South African M…
, a private practitioner and chair of the South African Medical Association, was one of the first to notice the new variant. She treated patients at her clinic who had symptoms different from the Delta variant, she said. Omicron ws announced by the South African National Institute of Communicable Diseases on Nov. 25, based on samples taken earlier in the month.
Coetzee said the symptoms were “mild” in the patients she observed. They mostly consisted of fatigue, body aches and headaches. No loss of smell or taste has been observed, she added. Oxygen levels also remained normal in those infected with the new variant.
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