Suffering from runny nose, itchy throat? You may be infected with Omicron, says study

London: If you are having cold-like conditions such as sniffles, headaches, and tiredness. you are likely to be positive for Covid’s Omicron variant, according to a UK study.
The Zoe Covid study app asked hundreds of thousands of people to log their symptoms and the investigators have been looking at ones linked to both the dominant Delta variant and the new highly transmissible variant Omicron.
The most common signs of the virus reported between December 3 and 10 were a runny nose, headache, fatigue, sneezing, and a sore throat, the Daily Mail reported.
The study suggests that the super mutant virus is more akin to a cold than Covid.
On the contrary, typical Covid symptoms include a continuous cough, high temperature or change/loss of their sense of taste and smell.
Epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector, lead scientist of the ZOE Symptom Tracking Study, has urged Britons to keep an eye out for these tell-tale signs of Omicron in the run up to Christmas, and before meeting friends and relatives, the report said.