Cardiologist Shugushev: persistent temperature and shortness of breath may indicate coronavirus Zaur Shugushev, a cardiologist at the Russian Railways-Medicine Clinical Hospital named after N. A. Semashko, called the Russians alarming symptoms that may indicate the presence of coronavirus. Izvestia writes about this on Monday, December 6th. According to the expert, there are three key symptoms to pay attention to. The first is a temperature resistant to antipyretic drugs above 38 degrees. “Resistant” means that if a person drinks an antipyretic, it works for up to six hours. The second sign is respiratory rate. “If we take more than 28 breaths per minute, this condition is considered shortness of breath,” explained Shugushev. The third thing to pay attention to is the indicator of blood oxygen saturation. If it drops to 92-93, you need to call a doctor or an ambulance, the professor said. He noted that the most important thing in
