Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Professor Natalya Pshenichnaya spoke about the features of the delta coronavirus strain.
“They said that it causes a more severe course of the disease, but then this was not confirmed … In terms of severity, it is the same as the rest,” the RT expert quotes.
At the same time, Pshenichnaya added that if, with other strains, oxygen starvation in a person with coronavirus can occur on the 10-14th day, then those who “picked up” the delta strain, shortness of breath appears already on the 5-7th day of illness.
“That is, the symptoms develop more rapidly over time, and this is exactly what gave the first time such a reason to say that this infection is more severe. No. But it is more contagious, ”added the epidemiologist.
We will remind, on the eve of the Ministry of Health updated the recommendations for the treatment of coronavirus. In the 12th publication, the document was supplemented with the section “Antimycotic therapy”, which refers to the treatment of patients with complex fungal diseases. The sections on the diagnosis of “covid” and on the treatment of infection in pregnant women have also changed and replenished, Channel Five reports.
