The Alpha or British variant is the most widespread in Spain. While the Delta or India is the one that worries the most. They are two strains of the same virus that have different characteristics, such as the greater transmissibility of India, but they also seem to cause a different clinical picture.
What symptoms does the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus generate?
Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, has pointed out that the delta variant causes different symptoms than previous versions of the virus. Specifically, the group of signs is more associated with a common cold. Thus, it causes more mucus and a sore throat, but less coughing and loss of smell, according to the expert, who directs a Zoe study on the coronavirus, in which thousands of people describe their symptoms through a mobile application.
“People may think that they are just having a seasonal cold and continue attending parties, where they can infect around six people,” warns Spector in a video released by his company, Zoe, and picked up by the BBC public network. Based on the data collected in this way, he has published a list of the most common manifestations caused by the Delta variant:
1. Headache
2. Sore throat
3. Nasal secretions
4. Fever
5. Cough
What symptoms does the alpha variant of the Covid-19 virus generate?
Ángela Domínguez, coordinator of the Working Group on Vaccination of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology, explains to the newspaper that the rest of the variants (Alpha, Beta and Gamma) have not found wide differences in their clinical pictures. Thus, the key symptoms of these infections are high fever, cough and tiredness or general malaise. However, other common symptoms, the publication collects, are the following
– Aches and pains
– Throat pain
– Diarrhea
– conjunctivitis
– Headache
– Loss of sense of smell or taste
– Rashes
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