You how is you doing? doctor kevin o connor said that while the president symptoms are improving, there are additional symptoms of a sore throat and a body ache, in addition to runny nose and cough that we knew about. if i may read directly from the letter, it notes that the president continues to tolerate treatment well, we will continue with paxlovid as planned, his sentence will continue to be treated supportively with oral hydration, tylenol and the albuterol inhaler that he uses as needed for cough, he is experiencing no shortness of that birth at all. sequencing has also comeback it notes that they have sent out samples which samples of covid he has and list that is most likely the ba.5 variant. this is the variant that is responsible for 75 to 80% of infections in the united states at this time.
Nose, loose cough, and body ache. he has had that runny nose, he has had the loose cough, but the body ache is really new, alicia, and so is the sore throat. those are the areas that undoubtedly his medical team is going to be watching. we know he is taking packs logan, he s vaccinated and using an inhaler but he is not experiencing shortness of breath and that s something the doctor reiterated today. he did have a fever that he took a tylenol for. overall the doctor says he is getting better. his can symptoms continue to be mild. the white house is trying to downplay the impact of covid on the president. he 79 years old. trying to release photos every day showing him working and engaged, and in fact his chief of staff said saying a short time ago he was working the phones today, that he has still been quite busy even on this
With the surge in cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the national capital, Dr Suresh Kumar, the MD of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) emphasi
Weeks has stayed exactly the same, the major complaints will be sore muscles, the major complaints will be sore muscles, body ache and pain, headache. muscles, body ache and pain, headache, as well as a bit of fatigue headache, as well as a bit of fatigue for a day or two. normally, the patients will come, of course we are running the patients will come, of course we are running a campaign, please get tested, are running a campaign, please get tested, even if you wake up with a slight tested, even if you wake up with a slight headache and not feeling well, slight headache and not feeling well, please come and lead us double check. consequently, we have noticed double check. consequently, we have noticed that double check. consequently, we have noticed that if you wake up this morning noticed that if you wake up this morning and you have this headache and the morning and you have this headache and the body ache, it would be prudent and the body ache, it would be prudentjust to wait and the body ache, it would be prudent just to wait 24 hours for a rapid prudent just to wait 24 hours for a rapid test. prudent just to wait 24 hours for a rapid test, because that can show false rapid test, because that can show false negative in that first period, at least false negative in that first period, at least 24 false negative in that first period, at least 24 hours. but after 24 hours. at least 24 hours. but after 24 hours. up at least 24 hours. but after 24 hours, up until five or six days later, hours, up until five or six days later, the hours, up until five or six days later, the rapid test is more than sufficient later, the rapid test is more than sufficient to be able to detect positive sufficient to be able to detect positive cases. we do, however, have patients positive cases. we do, however, have patients who positive cases. we do, however, have patients who wait until a week, then they come
Something, not the fatigue you re used to, this is a different fatigue, with a bit of a scratchy throat, a bit of a body ache and pain, you know, with a headache, we call it normally malaise, so i don t feel generally well. go and see your doctor. i have seen vaccinated people, and not really very sick. that may change going forward. as we say, this is early days. this is maybe what makes us hopeful. so this was really fascinating to hear a doctor there on the ground treating omicron patients talking about this. we are going to have our doctor, sanjay gupta, here in a moment to assess some of what she said. we do have reporters across the globe covering the spread of this new variant, beginning in south africa. reporter: i m dave mckenzie in johannesburg. cases of the covid-19 variant appear to be rising fast here in this part of the country. there is now a sense that
The fatigue you use, the different type of fatigue, a scratchy throat and a bit of a body ache and pain and, you know, we call it normally malaise, i don t feel generally well, go and see your doctor. i have seen vaccinated people and not really very sick. that might change going forward. as we say, this is early days. and this is maybe what makes us helpful. early days, the patients she s seeing only have mild to moderate cases and vaccinated patients have been affected, she says, not really sick, in complications. again, that could change but that s what she s seeing now. the cdc is strengthening the language on all vaccines, instead of saying they may get a booster, they re saying they should get a booster. jerome powell is expected to testify before congress that omicron is a threat to the u.s. economy. cnn s chief business
But if we can get this if this disease can pose to the majority of people mild symptoms, easily treated at home, no need for admission, that s the first prize. but for us to tell this to the world, we need to tell you what the symptoms are so that the people can understand. if i feel fatigued for a day or two, not the fatigue you re used to. this is a different fatigue. a bit of a scratchy throat, body ache and pain, and a headache. we call it malaise, so i don t feel generally well. go see your doctor. we need to tell the doctors, you re not going to see a very sick patient sitting in front of you. test the patient. if you can test and trace, and we can get the patients to understand that it is mild symptoms for now, but go and see a health care facility. go and get yourself checked out.
Symptoms of omicron specifically that you saw in your patients? again, it is very vague. it is a malaise type of thing. i don t feel well. i have a body ache and pain, and i m tired. i m tired for two days, and you know, you have to ask this specifically. do you have a temperature? i would say i think they were warm. none of them had severe cough. they would say they ve got a scratchy throat. it s not a sore throat. it s not a direct sore throat. none of them had a runny nose at that stage or specifically that day, and even after today, i didn t see a cold, a type of cold where you come in with a severely blocked nose and a high temperature. i only saw two children with a high temperature, and they re all at this stage have recovered very nicely at home. so none of these patients were
About eight to ten weeks we were really not seeing a lot of covid positive patients. we passed our fourth wave of the delta, the third wave of the delta, and then we had what i call a breathing space. a nice breather, and then on that specific day, because i m also aware of what is happening in the background with all the vaccines and some of these, whent the patients come in with symptoms that are similar to viral infections, i decided to test him, and then he was positive. it s a young person, 30 years, a young male, 30 years of age who actually thought that because he was working in the sun a few days before that this is related. body ache and fatigue, and not feeling well was due to the long hours in the sun.