Santa Cruz Co. is in the middle of one of their biggest surges of COVID cases since the pandemic began. It's putting a strain on local hospitals.
Using an over-the-counter antigen test to find out if you have COVID-19 is helpful, if you use it correctly and repeatedly."We want to make sure that the emergency department can continue to serve those that are the sickest," Dr. Ghilarducci said."When the emergency department gets overwhelmed with relatively minor cases, then that could actually interfere with the care of those who are real sick.
UCSF's Dr. Monica Gandhi says omicron has shown mostly mild symptoms, but there are key things to look out for. "If you're fevers are unremitting, they keep on going for more than three days, if you really feel faint, you just don't feel great and you have dizziness when up or you really have problems with your breathing, those are the symptoms that say okay, please go to the ER," Dr. Gandhi said.
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