The Omicron variant became the majority in France barely a month after it was reported in South Africa. Not all regions are tied against Omicron. The list of variant symptoms is refined.
A month ago, no one knew him. A month later, the Omicron variant has spread around the world like wildfire. First reported by South Africa to the World Health Organization on November 24, 2021, it has spread at high speed around the world due to very high contagiousness.
In France, Omicron represents 70 to 80% of current contaminations, said Jean Castex on Thursday morning on BFMTV. He supplanted Delta which was the dominant variant. When we look at the share of the Omicron variant by region, the north and west of France are the most affected: 84.2% in Normandy, 84% in Hauts-de-France, 83.9% in Ile-de-France. -France.
76.6% of positive cases in Occitanie
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is at 79.8%. In Occitania, the share of the Omicron variant was 76.6% of positive cases of Covid-19 over the week of December 28, 2021 to January 3, 2022, according to figures from Public Health France. Only the south-east appears to be slightly affected with a share of the Omicron variant of 69.6% in Corsica and 67.1% in PACA. The data come from the screening of positive PCR tests published by Public Health France. The agency warns, however, that the figures should be taken with caution due to the gradual implementation of screening for mutations in laboratories.
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Fatigue, cough, fever: the most common symptoms
Although Omicron seems to cause fewer serious forms than the Delta variant, it is more contagious. Why ? Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, explains that it is because of the location of Omicron in our bodies. “There’s a lot more of it in the large airways of the lungs. It’s closer to the nose and mouth and there’s a ton there, you just expel it a lot more,” he said. detailed on ABC7.
Regarding the symptoms felt by patients, Public Health France cites five main ones: asthenia (fatigue), cough, fever, headache (headache) and myalgia (muscle pain). Other reported signs are sore throat, runny nose, feeling feverish, shortness of breath, anosmia (loss of smell), ageusia (loss of taste), nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and dyspnea (troublesome breathing).
261,481 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded in France on Thursday, the large majority of which were Omicron variants. More than 400,000 positive cases had been reported Monday: a new record of contamination.
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