South African doctor who first raised the alarm on the Omicron variant has explained the unusual symptoms of the variant.
Gatekeepers News reports that the South African doctor, Dr Angelique Coetzee revealed that patients did not exhibit telltale symptoms such as loss of taste and smell after contracting the virus, but had high pulse rates, fatigue, and muscle aches.
Although the Omicron variant, which is an ‘unusual’ strain of COVID-19 emerging from Southern Africa has not been detected in the US, the White House banned travel to eight nations on Friday.
U.S. Infectious Disease Expert, Dr Anthony Fauci has warned that a fifth wave could still be coming: “The fifth wave, or the magnitude of any increase… will really be dependent upon what we do in the new few weeks to a couple months.”
Fauci said, “We all know when you have a virus that has already gone to multiple countries, inevitably it will be here.
He added that “It has a bunch of mutations,” including, “a disturbingly large number of mutations in the spike protein, which is the business end of the virus.”
According to him, it’s too early to tell whether lockdowns and mandates will be deployed again, but “you want to be prepared to do anything and everything” to mitigate a resurgence in infection rates.
Fauci added that there is a “strong indication” that the new variant could be resistant to lab-made monoclonal antibodies and antibodies donated from those who have recovered from the virus and “possible against even some of the vaccine-induced antibodies.”
He said, “It’s clearly giving the indication it has the capability of transmitting rapidly,” adding that “That’s what’s causing us to be concerned.”
