New variant affecting more youth: Minister
The Hindu
Vital symptoms include body pain, vomiting and diarrhoea: Vijayabaskar
The new variant in the second wave of COVID-19 is affecting more youngsters who are turning up at hospitals with lung involvement, making it challenging for the doctors to treat, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said on Friday. Expressing serious concern that the youth were getting exposed to vulnerabilities and often ignoring classic symptoms, such as fatigue, body pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, he told The Hindu that early intervention was not only the key to expeditious recovery and saving lives but also prevented spreading of the virus to others with whom the person might have come in contact. Dr. Vijayabaskar said the new variant was progressing rapidly among the youngsters and affecting their lungs. In the first wave, the virus progressed by showing various stages of illness like tiredness, fever, cough and throat infection. But now it was progressing much faster.More Related News