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Covid symptoms in first wave vs second: ICMR chief explains difference

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ANI the difference in the severity of the symptoms saying that Coivd-19 symptoms in this wave are much less than last year. "If you see the symptoms, severity is very less this time.

In this wave, we have witnessed more cases of breathlessness while in the last wave, symptoms like dry cough, joint pain, headaches were more," Dr Bhargava explained.He also said that RT-PCR test is gold standard of testing. "We measure two genes or more, therefore, there is no chance of missing detection of any mutant," he said over concerns of virus mutant strains and their detection through RT-PCR.

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