Experts doubted the diagnosis of "omicron" for sore throat

The symptoms of any strain of CORONAVIRUS vary greatly, and therefore you should not try to diagnose the disease with the omicron strain covid-19 , in particular for sore throats. This was announced to RBC by a virologist, professor at Moscow State University, DOCTOR of Biological Sciences Alexei Agranovsky.

In mid-January, Chicago Public HEALTH Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady named sore throats as a common symptom among omicron patients, NBC Chicago reported. According to her, people who have been vaccinated with coronavirus often complain of such a symptom. “We definitely see that sore throat is a predictor in this group,” she concluded.

“This strain causes fairly mild symptoms, relatively less damage to the lungs and more to the upper respiratory tract. A sore throat can be a symptom of COVID-19, although not in all cases. If there are suspicions of COVID-19, a test should be done, ”Agranovsky advised.

“This is a very hasty statement, because a sore throat can be caused by a variety of reasons, ranging from a bacterial, fungal infection, to a huge number of other viral pathogens,” Larisa Popovich, DIRECTOR of the HSE Institute of Health Economics, said in an interview with RBC.