Coronavirus is still circulating in the air in the UK, and the country looks to have just fended off a fifth wave of the Omicron variant.
Experts have expressed a fear that another spike in cases across autumn, once the weather turns colder unless proper safety measures are taken, The Independent reports.
The UK saw a 43 per cent spike in Covid cases at the beginning of June 2022, with scientists putting the rise in cases down to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations during that month. Due to the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, cases rose to a peak of 4.6 million by mid-July, before beginning to decline to this day.
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Although August saw a large decline in cases of coronavirus, the numbers are still relatively high at 120,000 per day, according to the ZOE Health Study. A new Omicron-specific jab has been approved by Moderna, and could help in bringing down the cases further.
However, experts have reminded people to stay vigilant on the virus, and listed below are some of the most common symptoms of the Omicron variant of Covid, when associated with those who have been fully-vaccinated.
Most common Omicron symptoms in the fully-vaccinated
Researchers in Norway conducted a study interviewing 111 out of 117 guests to a party on November 26 2021, where there was an Omicron outbreak.
Out of all the group who took part, 66 had definitive positive tests, and 15 had possible cases of the virus. And of the 111 participants in total, 89 per cent had received two doses of an mRNA vaccine, and nobody had received the booster shot.
During this study, there were eight key symptoms that were experienced by the group of fully-vaccinated party members at the time.
These were:
- persistent cough
- runny nose
- fatigue
- headache
- sore throat
- muscle pain
- fever
- sneezing
The most common symptoms out of the eight discovered were coughs, runny noses and fatigue. The least common included sneezing and a fever.
Public health experts have also added nausea to the overall list of symptoms of Omicron-infected individuals who have been triple-dosed. Despite the vaccinations protects the individual against more serious risks of the virus, it is still possible to contract Covid with all three doses.
Due to the cold-like symptoms, many people find it hard to distinguish between a common cold and Covid. However, Professor Tim Spector of the Zoe Covid project has claimed that around 50 per cent of "new colds' currently are, in fact, Covid."
Early warning signs of Omicron to watch out for
Experts have also noted that there are two early warning signs of Covid that people need to watch out for. These are fatigue and spells of dizziness or fainting.
However, it is more than just feeling tired - fatigue can also feel like bodily pain, causing weak or sore muscles, headaches and even blurry vision or loss of appetite.
Dr Angelique Coetzee, a private practitioner and chair of the South African Medical Association, appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss how fatigue was one of the main symptoms of the Omicron variant when it first appeared in South Africa.
Dizziness or fainting is the second sign that you may have Omicron. Reports from Germany have suggested that there could be a link between consistent fainting spells and Omicron.
Doctors in Berlin have discovered that Covid was triggering recurrent dizzy spells in a 35-year-old who had been admitted to hospital. German newspaper Arztezeitung said that the doctors could see a “clear connection” between the infection and the fainting spells.
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