It's important to take precautions.
Dr. Komarovsky told Ukrainians that the new strain of coronavirus Omicron is dangerous not only for people over 65 years old, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
According to Komarovsky, Omicron is dangerous for all age groups, and not just for the elderly.
«Let's once again understand the whole country what a covid risk group is. It is fundamentally. A person is at risk when the disease is highly likely to worsen his prognosis and increase the risk of death when infected with coronavirus», — said the doctor.
If a person at risk, or anyone in general, becomes worse with a complication of covid, you need to stop treating yourself.
The conditions or diseases by which the risk group is determined include:
- First of all, age 65+, if a person is at that age, then he automatically falls into the risk group for covid.
- Chronic conditions — obesity, hypertension, chronic diseases of the heart, lungs, kidneys, type 2 diabetes mellitus (this is not «infant» diabetes, but acquired, which always borders on obesity).
Komarovsky summarized that these are situations where there can be no talk of any self-treatment in case of infection. In such cases, you should immediately contact the doctors.