Symptoms of the new coronavirus variant Pirola and how long they last in December

The Spanish Ministry of Health, through its Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies, updates the epidemiological situation of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the country every two weeks. The frequency was determined on February 20 and runs from this week until July 2023. It must be remembered that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on January 30, 2020, that the international state of emergency would be lifted on May 5 due to the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic.Given the significant reduction in severe cases and deaths globally.

despite this, The apparent resurgence in cases in recent weeks has not escaped the logic foreseen by the scientific community.Consider that weather conditions are generally deteriorating due to the approaching winter, which so far is looking more like autumn. The Carlos III Health Institute highlights the increase in the percentage of positive SARS-CoV in its latest report on “Sentinel surveillance of acute respiratory infections in primary care (ARI) and hospitals (SARI): influenza, Covid-19 and RSV” – 2 from 14.3% (previous week: 13.3%). The SARS-CoV-2 variants found in the highest proportion of ARI cases in primary care were XBB.1.5 (then known as Kraken) + F456L (53.50%), followed by XBB.1.5 (16.87%) and BA.2.86 (14.81 %). The main variants in recent weeks are XBB.1.5 + F456L (41.79%) and BA.2.86 (41.79%).

Omicron still accounts for 100% of cases and was also the main variant in the first half of the year. XBB.1.5 was listed as a variant of concern by the WHO on August 9. Apart from, In recent weeks, BA.2.86 (known as Pirola) is currently the one with the highest incidence, although the World Health Organization’s alert level remains low. The World Health Organization detected BA.2.86 on August 18 and contains so many mutations that it was classified as a “surveilled” lineage. It has been detected in various wastewaters in the United States, China and Spain.

Current COVID-19 symptoms and their duration

The most common symptoms of people infected with these lineages are as follows:

Currently, the incidence of this symptom is high, and the new coronavirus is largely similar to the flu and colds.

Dr. Luis Miguel García, vice president of the Aragon Association of Family and Community Medicine, clarified that it is now difficult for medical centers to carry out PCR or antigen tests, so patients do them at home. “Colds and coronavirus currently coexist, and the treatments used are the same as they have been until now.”

The above symptoms last for 4 or 5 days during the rising period of infection, and for 4 more days during the declining period, but there is also a type that refuses to leave the infected body: “cough that lasts for 2 or 3 weeks like symptoms of infection,” The doctor pointed out.

More data on covid BA.2.86 variant

The agency’s latest report WHO says the BA.2.86 variant is present in at least 46 countries

, the prevalence is slowly but continuously increasing. Immune populations remain highly resistant to infection and therefore do not need to worry about its impact on the public health system. BA.2.86 was classified as a variant under surveillance (VUM) on August 17, mainly due to its high number of mutations: a whopping 3,267 mutations were cataloged on November 20. The UK has detected the highest number of sequences of the variant, followed by France, Sweden, Spain, Canada, Denmark and the United States.