Covid-19 Kraken Variant Enters Indonesia, Check the Symptoms Here

VIVA – Covid-19 Kraken variant or referred to as Omicron XBB. 1.5 has now entered Indonesia. This variant has triggered cases increase in several countries, including the United States. According to some experts, this new variant of the COVID-19 virus has more ability to avoid immunity in a person's body.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that this Kraken type of COVID is the most contagious subvariant at this time.

As in the United States, a variant of the coronavirus with this new term has hospitalized several patients there and has experienced a 16.1 percent loneliness in recent times, as reported by the marca.com page.

Currently, WHO has warned about the growth of data and the fact that Covid-19 is spreading faster, with countries already studying measures to curb the impact of the strain. In addition, according to the Fortune page, the XBB.1.5 variant virus has quickly replaced other variants in several European countries and the northeastern United States.

Starting from one of the Polish citizens who came to Indonesia in early January 2023. So Indonesian citizens must be more vigilant in dealing with the various symptoms that will arise from this new variant of COVID-19. Here are the symptoms of the Kraken Variant COVID-19 virus.

Symptoms of the Kraken Variant of the COVID-19 Virus

According to data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Kraken subvariant has been detected in approximately 35 states. Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner, Allison Arwady said that most Kraken symptoms are similar to colds.

But in general, flu-like symptoms such as fever and joint pain are rare, "We see more patients who have cold symptoms. They (patients) tend not to have flu symptoms, such as fever and joint pain," Arwady explained, as quoted on Monday, January 30, 2023.

1. Fatigue

2. Sore throat

3. Dry Cough

4. Cough with Phlegm

5. Hoarseness

6. Change in sense of smell

7. Muscle pain, runny nose, and sneezing

8. Headache