Automatic sanitizer. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 20In the context of the growing incidence of COVID-19 in Russia, no one is immune from meeting with an infected person. What to do if you have been in contact with a carrier of coronavirus, general practitioner Alexei Khukhrev said in an interview with Sputnik radio. In Russia, the number of daily detected cases of coronavirus infection is growing. At the same time, some patients are unaware of their condition, since they do not experience serious ailments. However, the weakness of COVID-19 symptoms or even their absence in a coronavirus carrier does not negate the fact that he poses a threat to other people. If you assume that you have recently been in contact with a person infected with COVID-19, it is better to take precautions, Khukhrev said. In particular, rinsing the nose and taking vitamins C and D can reduce the risk of developing the disease, he specified. «Some of the doctors say that interferon alfa can be dripped into the nose (the substance is part of the means for the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections. — Approx. ed. ), and this will reduce the likelihood of developing a coronavirus infection after contact with an infected person. Maybe this will help, but there is no exact data to support this assumption yet. I believe that in any case it will not be harmful to drink vitamin C and vitamin D. More you can wash your nose,» the therapist said. According to him, such measures would be appropriate if, for example, your recent interlocutor had signs of a cold. «/>Rospotrebnadzor told how Omicron could behave in Russia It is best to do this for at least seven days, although when infected with the omicron strain, symptoms of the disease appear much earlier. omicron», then the symptoms may or may not appear in one or two days (according to doctors, the incubation period for the omicron strain is shorter than for other variants of the coronavirus. — Approx. ed.), but we still cannot estimate in what proportion (spread. — Approx. ed.) «omicron» in our country, «explained Khukhrev. If you find any symptoms of infection in yourself, you should consult a doctor. The surest way to reduce the chance of infection and avoid severe COVID-19 is to get vaccinated.
