Do you feel sick? Here are the more severe symptoms of the new variant of Covid-19, “I did not expect to be so bad”

Between June 14 and 20, 3,049 new Sars-CoV-2 contaminations were detected on average per day, up 25% compared to the previous week, according to figures from the Sciensano Public Health Institute. day Friday morning. The reproduction rate of the virus is 1.2. When it is greater than 1, this indicator means that the epidemic tends to accelerate.

The BA.5 sub-variant is progressing in Europe and Belgium and should quickly become dominant. In our country, this new subvariant is present in half of new cases, reports Sciensano on Friday.

Its symptoms are more intense and slightly different from those of the BA.2 variant. “I did not expect to be so bad”, reported a patient to our colleagues from Parisian.

Asymptomatic forms are also fewer with this new variant.

Here are the reported symptoms

– Asthenia (fatigue) in 72% of cases

– Cough (56% of cases)

– Fever (56% of cases)

– Runny nose (49% of cases)

– Headaches (headaches) (50% of cases)

– Myalgia (or aches) in 39% of cases

– Sore throat (38% of cases)

– Feeling of fever (17% of cases)

– Nausea and vomiting (17% of cases)

– Loss of taste (16% of cases)

– Loss of smell (16% of cases)

– Shortness of breath (14% of cases)

– Diarrhea (14.5% of cases)

– Dyspnea (unpleasant breathing) in 7.3% of cases.

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