Girl with stomach pain. File photoMOSCOW, Feb 5During the outbreak of the omicron strain of coronavirus, people began to complain more often about indigestion, said experts from the ZOE COVID Study, studying data from infected patients. Despite the fact that this ailment may be one of the signs of COVID-19, recently, as statistics have shown, it is not. «We have noticed a sharp increase in the number of people reporting gastrointestinal manifestations,» the experts noted, emphasizing that the trend was observed from mid-December to the end of January. meet at an omicron-strain. However, they suggested that the increase in reports of such symptoms is not due to the peculiarity of the «omicron», but to the mistakes of people who mistake them for COVID-19. According to experts, an increase in patients with these ailments is regularly observed in winter. In the publication, experts gave some simple tips to help avoid intestinal infections: for example, according to them, you should wash your hands before and during food preparation, observe hygiene when visiting public places and adhere to the principles of healthy nutrition. Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko emphasized that the majority of patients with COVID-19 who are admitted to Russian hospitals have not been vaccinated. 11:15InfographicOmicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirusInfographicView
