It can be a bit difficult to separate the symptoms of the Omicron BF.7 variant from cold and flu, but keeping a few things in mind, the difference between the two can be easily caught. Corona is also increasing in cold and cold or throat infection is also more. In such a situation, know what things you should keep an eye on to identify it.
Many symptoms of omicron and cold are similar and many times in the initial phase people do not recognize the symptoms of corona and ignore it considering it a common cold. This has two disadvantages. The first corona starts hollowing the body inside and starts damaging many organs. On the other hand, the second disadvantage is that unknowingly you infect many more people as well. So let's know what the basic difference between corona and cold separates two.
Common symptoms of cold and covid
Omicron BF.7 may not have firepower in the country but its infection spreads rapidly. In such a situation, the biggest confusion of the people in the winter season is whether they have got common flu or viral or they have been caught by Corona. All the confusion is about the symptoms of the disease. Since BF.7 is a subvariant of the omicron family, symptoms of omicron also include cold, cough, runny nose, fever, and sore throat. The same symptoms are also found in winter. In such a situation, it is difficult to know whether it is a cold or a sign of Covid.
According to the report published in 'The Times of India', Dr. Sushila Kataria, Senior Director of Internal Medicine at Medanta Hospital has answered the confusion between cold and covid. He said that this variant is available in India from August 2022. Due to this, the number of corona cases in the country may increase. According to Dr. Kataria, even though it has the potential to spread rapidly, it will not have any significant impact on India's health system as the infection will not reach a critical stage.
Difference between cold or covid
If symptoms like sore throat, fever, runny nose, cough, fatigue, body ache, headache, and shortness of breath persist after 5 days with symptoms like fever, headache, throat infection, and cough, then this condition I must get the Covid test done. Because this can be a sign of corona. Don't wait for the fact that it will be corona only after the smell or taste is gone. Corona can also occur without these two symptoms.
