Suara.com – Artist as well as sworddut Dewi Persik tested positive for Covid-19, and one of the symptoms he is experiencing is the occurrence skin rash, or reddish patches on facial skin. As a result, many have linked the artist who is familiarly called DP being infected a new variant of the corona virus the cause of Covid-19 illness. Is that right?
Director of the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology (LBME), Prof. Amin Soebandrio responded to this busy speculation. According to him, the symptoms of skin rashes experienced by Covid-19 patients did not only occur because of the new variant of the corona virus, but also in the previous variant.
“Actually, this skin rash has been reported for quite some time, not because of a new variant. Skin rash has become a symptom of Covid-19,” said Prof. Amin when contacted by Suara.com, Saturday (26/12/2020).
Prof. Amin reminded that skin rashes are a body reaction that can be caused by various things, not only due to new variants or old variants of the corona virus, but can be caused by other viruses.
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“Just like people cough, it’s not always Covid-19. And skin rashes can occur not only because of the corona virus. We call them skin rashes caused by viruses. Given that some viruses also cause skin rashes,” explained Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Indonesia. that.
Furthermore, he also reminded that skin rashes are also not a sign of the severity of Covid-19 pain, and it is just one symptom.
This fact is in line with the results of interim research regarding the new variant of the Corona virus, which shows that there is no evidence that the new variant affects the severity of an infected person.
It’s just that the evidence shows that this variant can spread 70 percent faster, than the pre-existing variant.
The existence of a new variant should also, said Prof. Amin, be able to increase community awareness by increasingly implementing 3M health protocols, maintaining distance, wearing masks, and washing hands. And not vice versa, the new variant actually makes people panic and fear.
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“The point is we have to be vigilant, not to panic, not to make unnecessary connections regarding the new variant,” he concluded.
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