Although vaccines have contributed to counteract the severity of the disease by COVID-19, variants of the virus keep appearing and it gets stronger. A great example is omicronwhich in January brought the fourth wave of infections to Mexico and its subavriants BA.5 AND BA.4 have been protagonists of the fifth.
For this reason, various scientific communities in the world are now exploring the specific symptoms that a patient who has already been vaccinated may have.
An analysis of Norway revealed various symptoms that vaccinated people that are infected with omicron present.
On the research Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norway, November to December 2021 was analyzed at 111 people, where 89 percent of them had been vaccinated with two doses of mRNA biologics and had not yet had a booster.
These were the symptoms they presented when they became infected with COVID-19 omicron:
- Persistent, lasting from two to six days.
- Nasal secretion, discomfort was present for two to 12 days.
- Tiredness, this symptom appeared from two to four days.
- Muscular fatigue. She was present for two to four days.
- Headache. The discomfort occurred between two and four days.
- Throat pain. The symptom was for three to five days.
- Fever, lasting two to three days.
- Sneeze. They were present between three and four days.
How many days do COVID symptoms last with Delta and Omicron? Spoiler: vaccines are key
The disease has changed and now a key question could be:how long does COVID last when the variants are delta or omicron?
A report of The Lancet says that the symptom with the subvariants of omicron, BA.4 and BA.5 they last four days with respect to BA.1.
The publication detailed that the symptoms related to the COVID they last three days less than those who are infected with the omicron variant.
The study Symptom prevalence, duration, and risk of hospital admission in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 during periods of omicron and delta variant dominance: a prospective observational study from the ZOE COVID analyzed the clinical history of 60 thousand people vaccinated in the United Kingdom and found that those who have at least two more booster doses suffer 4.4 days of symptoms of COVID.
As for those infected with the delta variant and only have three doses, the symptoms of the disease are manifested by 7.7 days.
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