A new variant of COVID was discovered in South Africa on Wednesday, 24 November 2021. WHO found the new version of COVID- Omicron as a serious problem by the WHO. After the discovery of a new variation of the COVID-19 virus, the whole world went into panic.
Since its discovery in China in 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19 infection, has undergone many mutations. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified a unique mutant strain: Omicron that is widely circulating in South Africa and across the world.
Symptoms of Omicron COVID Variant :- The symptoms of the new COVID variant “Omicron” are listed below.
1) Common symptoms
The most common symptoms of Omicron are fever, cough, tiredness and loss of taste or smell.
2) Less common symptoms
The less common symptoms of Omicron variant are sore throat, headache, pain, diarrhea, skin rash, discoloration of the fingers or toes, and red or irritated eyes.
3) Severe symptoms
The novel COVID variant “Omicron” causes severe symptoms such as difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, loss of speech or mobility, confusion, and chest pain.
Omicron COVID Variant Precautions :- You need to take the following steps to protect yourself and your loved ones from Omicron and all types of coronavirus:
- Maintain a physical distance of at least 1 meter between yourself and others.
- Wear a well-fitting mask.
- It is recommended to keep away from densely populated areas and travel only when absolutely necessary.
- Keep hands clean and use disinfectant.
- Squeeze into a napkin or bent into your elbow.
- Vaccinate yourself.
- Follow a nutritious diet to boost immunity.
Source :- https://www.kayawell.com/blog/omicron-covid-variant-symptoms-cause-precaution-treatment
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COVID Care: All You Need To Know About The Initial Symptoms Of Covid-19COVID19, or Coronavirus Disease 2019, is a disease caused by an infection with SARS-CoV2 and is currently responsible for the pandemic that has sent the world on lockdown for months.Once you contract the deadly Coronavirus, it takes from 2 to 14 days for just the symptoms to appear.
The average incubation period seems to be roughly 5 to 6 days.
One of the biggest epidemics of this era is Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which has shaken the world in a way that everyone is afraid of this deadly disease.
It’s normal to be scared about this novel coronavirus COVID-19, whether you are a parent, adult, child or teenager or anyone.
Here’s what you must know about COVID-19 so that you can keep yourself and your loved one protected from this novel disease.What is Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)?Coronaviruses are one of the viruses, from a large family of the viruses, responsible for causing illness in the animals as well as humans.
These illnesses can be as minor as the common cold and as major as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).Symptoms of COVID-19High fever, tiredness, along with dry cough, are the most common symptoms of COVID-19 found in the patient body.
They are also symptoms such as aches and pains, nasal congestion, running nose, sore throat or diarrhea that you can find in infected people.Who Are at Risk?An older person is known to have a weak immune system and COVID-19 targets body with weak fighting abilities.
Moreover, a person with preexisting medical conditions suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, cancer or Diabetes likely to develop severe illness more often than others.How to Protect Ourselves From COVID-19?The protection measures that one can take to protect themselves from getting COVID-19 are listed below:You should regularly wash your hands with water and soap or can use alcohol-based hand sanitizers as they can kill the viruses present on your hand.You also need to maintain at least 1-meter distance from the person who is sick or is coughing and sneezing because you do not want to breathe in or get in contact with the small liquid droplets that come out from their mouth and nose while sneezing.If you have recently visited any place where there was an outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), then you should take measures mentioned above along with it to follow a few more protection measures:If you have the symptoms of fever and cough along with it, if you have breathing difficulty too, then seek medical help as only health care officials can provide the best treatment so that the virus does not spread to any other people.
Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) Provinsi DKI Jakarta memulai pengambilan plasma konvalesen milik mantan pasien virus corona untuk serum antibodi.
Seluruh proses pengolahan plasma dilakukan dengan standar tinggi untuk menjaga kualitas obat.Terapi plasma konvalesen merupakan metode pengambilan plasma darah dari dalam tubuh orang yang pernah terinfeksi Covid-19 maupun yang telah sembuh dengan kriteria khusus.
Plasma tersebut akan diteliti dan hasilnya akan diberikan kepada pasien COVID-19 dengan gejala berat untuk membantu meningkatkan antibodi.Wakil Gubernur DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria mengapresiasi langkah yang diambil oleh PMI.
Ia pun memastikan proses pengolahan plasma darah untuk dijadikan obat telah mendapatkan sertifikasi CPOB (Cara Pembuatan Obat yang Baik) dari BPOM.Artikel ini telah tayang di Katadata.co.id dengan judul "DKI Jakarta Mulai Ambil Plasma Darah Pasien Corona untuk Antibodi" , https://katadata.co.id/berita/2020/06/15/dki-jakarta-mulai-ambil-plasma-darah-pasien-corona-untuk-antibodiPenulis: Tri Kurnia YuniantoEditor: Ekarina
