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Lot of body pains, night sweats: South African doctor reveals details of mild symptoms from omicron cases

| Updated: Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 0:41 [IST]

Johannesburg, Nov 29: South African doctors say that the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases attributed to the new omicron variant cases is resulting in mostly mild symptoms.

Lot of body pains, night sweats: South African doctor reveals mild symptoms from omicron cases

Dr. Unben Pillay, a general practitioner in Gauteng province where 81% of the new cases have been reported, says he has seen a sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases in the past 10 days.

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He said that so far the cases have been very mild cases, with patients having flu-like symptoms, dry coughs, fever, night sweats, a lot of body pains.

He said most have been treated at home. He also said that the vaccinated are faring much better than the unvaccinated.

The recent surge in South Africa has been among people in their 20s and 30s and doctors emphasise that COVID-19 symptoms are often mild in that age group.