With the end of the pandemic, the coronavirus has gone to the background of the media. However, its different variantseach with their respective symptomsthey keep happening. The latest strain to have gained notoriety has been named CHECK.
Registered for the first time last June in Germanythe cases of this new variant of Covid-19, coming from Omicronhave multiplied until reaching the 1.115 in 29 different countries around the world, including Spain.
Similar symptoms
Los symptoms of XEC follow the trend of other variants such as KS.1.1 y KP.3.3as well as gripes y colds. Therefore, the increase in temperature; cough, congestion and breathing difficulties; Fatigue and body, headache or throat pain once again make up the pathology. Likewise, they repeat the loss of sense of taste or smelltwo symptoms that already spread significantly among the population during the pandemic.
However, most patients begin to notice some improvement after a few days from the appearance of symptoms. In any case, it is always advisable to go to a specialist to advise on the treatment to follow according to the condition of each patient.
Same prevention measures
According to several experts, the XEC variant is postulated as the best candidate to become the strain dominant of the coronavirus during the winter. Furthermore, many of them agree that this new version of Covid-19 could be more contagious. Be that as it may, for the moment it only represents the 1% of samples collected in countries such as Belgium y Slovenia.
From the Ministry of Health they remember that the vaccines against the coronavirus to which the population was subjected continue to be the most effective prevention measure against this and other previous variants of the disease, especially for those people in advanced age or that belong to risk groups. Other measures such as masks or hand hygiene can also be especially useful in controlling the spread of XEC.
