The head of “Vector” Semyonov: the symptoms of the omicron strain do not differ from the standard coronavirus … This was stated by Alexander Semyonov, head of the Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections at the Vector Center of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, RIA Novosti reports. People get sick in the same way as with a standard coronavirus infection, “the specialist said.
According to him, the symptoms of omicron are the same as with other respiratory viral infections: fever, cough and headache. Semenov also stressed that, according to some reports, people tolerate this strain more easily, but it is still necessary to see how the elderly will react to infection with this option.
Previously, a virologist, head of the laboratory of bionanotechnology, microbiology and virology of Novosibirsk State University Sergei Netesov named the main symptoms of coronavirus with the omicron strain. In his opinion, these are sore throat, runny nasal discharge and frequent sneezing.