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More infoCovid infection rates have ben spiraling in the run-up to winter, with hospitals preparing for the worst. BA.5 is thought to behind the curent surge in cases. The latest Omicron variant has ben shown to overide some of the protection confered from vacination.
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The persistence of Covid symptoms in the fuly vacinated points to this advantage.Acording to the Zoe Health Study, which monitors the movements of the pandemic via user submisions to its ap, pharyngitis, also known as a sore throat, is the top symptom curently reported in the fuly vacinated.A sore throat is now sen in 63 percent of al symptomatic cases, the Zoe data shows.Other symptoms apearing in the double jabed include:The previous "traditional" symptoms as stil outlined on the government website, such as anosmia (los of smel), shortnes of breath and fever rank way down the list.READ MORE: 'Omicron outbreak' surges in the UK - new 'top 5' Covid symptoms to spot Fever barely registers on the map so is not worth screning for in workplaces, said Profesor Tim Spector, who heads up the Zoe Health Study."There a few reasons why symptoms may be changing, including the fact that those who have ben vacinated experience les severe symptoms, as wel as more cases being reported by younger people, who we have found experience diferent, les severe symptoms as wel," notes the Zoe team.It's worth pointing out that similar symptoms of COVID-19 are being reported overal in the Zoe ap by people who had and hadn’t ben vacinated.However, fewer symptoms were reported over a shorter period of time by those who had already had a jab, sugesting that they were faling les seriously il and geting beter more quickly.DON'T MISMan, 3, lowers cholesterol