{"id":21791,"date":"2021-12-08T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=21791"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:20:16","slug":"omicron-symptoms-totally-different-from-delta-covid-19-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/omicron-symptoms-totally-different-from-delta-covid-19-variant","title":{"rendered":"Omicron symptoms &#8220;totally different&#8221; from Delta COVID-19 variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\">Africa-Press-South-Africa<\/a> As more research is done into the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant, some evidence is emerging to suggest that it might not present the same way as other strains of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Patients infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant look very different than those infected with previous variants like Delta, says the chair of South Africa\u2019s medical association. \u201cIt\u2019s totally different from the Delta,\u201d Dr. Angelique Coetzee told Global News Morning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>She said that these patients aren\u2019t displaying the same loss of taste and smell, need for supplemental oxygen or elevated pulse rate that doctors noted with Delta patients.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Omicron symptoms &quot;totally different&quot; from Delta COVID-19 variant: South African doctor\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtELl7-zE_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-South-Africa As more research is done into the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant, some evidence is emerging to suggest that it might not present the same way as other strains of the disease. 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