8 April 2020 10:00Alla Lysak
Not a cough: WHO named a symptom of coronavirus, which manifests itself in 90% of patients
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The World Health Organization has named a symptom that affects 9 out of 10 patients infected with COVID-19.
Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman, said that most often people who have contracted the coronavirus have a high fever. Fever and an increased body temperature up to 38 can disturb the patient for several days.
90% of patients with coronavirus develop a fever, the temperature rises to 38. Dry cough is less common with COVID-19.According to Harris, patients also complained of a deterioration in the quality of sleep, due to general weakness, it can be difficult for them to immediately orient themselves when they wake up.
Note that 1462 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine, the number of deaths increased to 45, 28 patients were cured.
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