Symptoms

Anywhere from one-fifth to one half of SARS-CoV-2 carriers are asymptomatic. In the rest, the virus can manifest as an unwitting selection from a buffet of coronavirus symptoms - Rahul Rao

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What Are the Symptoms of Omicron?

With cases of Omicron rising throughout the United States, before and after the holidays, Americans are scrambling to distinguish the symptoms of this new variant from those of other coronavirus variants, including Delta.

Most P.C.R. and rapid antigen tests can detect Omicron — the Food and Drug Administration has noted there are only a few tests that don’t — but results do not indicate to the user which variant they are infected with, leaving people to guess.

Can Omicron symptoms be distinguished from Delta symptoms? Some symptom differences have emerged from preliminary data, but experts are not certain they are meaningful. Data released in December from South Africa’s…

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 What Are the Symptoms of Omicron?

While there are subtle differences between the latest coronavirus strain and previous ones, so far the signs of infection look pretty similar.

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People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. Anyone can have mild to severe symptoms.

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