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Egyptian medical personnel spray disinfectant at a tourist resort in the city of Hurghada – Photo: AFP
According to Ayman al-Sayed Salem, head of the thoracic department of the Qasr al-Ainy Hospital (under the direction of Cairo University with a history of more than 100 years of establishment in Egypt), the most common symptom in infected patients. The new variant of the coronavirus is fatigue and physical weakness with respiratory symptoms.
This judgment is based on the medical records of COVID-19 patients during the second outbreak in Egypt. Before that, a recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) also pointed to new symptoms of infection.
According to Salem, there are at least four new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus registered in Egypt. Each variant causes infected people to have different symptoms.
This taste explains that the size of the virus is the deciding factor for the severity and complexity of the symptoms. The patient may feel unwellsevere malaise, fatigue and weakness, as well as respiratory symptoms.
The infection also does not make the patient sleep deprived as prior information about symptoms. People infected with the new variant are often exhausted by the virus and should get more sleep.
Bed sheet Egypt Independent also cites a more troubling warning from Salem that patients with the new variant may not have a fever, or even an abnormally high body temperature. These cases were previously classified as asymptomatic.
Dr. Salem recommends strengthening the body’s immune system, getting enough sleep, and drinking plenty of fluids. He explained that the focus of COVID-19 treatment is the use of plasma, antibodies, and anti-inflammatory drugs.
The COVID-19 Committee of the Egyptian Ministry of Health recently announced the treatment regimen for COVID-19 patients after a better understanding of the new variants and their behavior. This is the fourth regimen used in the country since the outbreak.
In addition to changing treatment methods, the Egyptian Ministry of Health also renewed the classification to ensure that patients recover from 7 to 10 days of treatment. The drugs used include antiviral drugs, antimalarial drugs, and antibiotics, as well as drugs to enhance immunity.
According to the statistics site COVID-19 Worldometer, Egypt currently has about 20,000 cases in treatment out of a total of almost 140,000 cases. More than 7,600 Egyptians have died from COVID-19 since the start of the epidemic.
