The SARS-COV-2 virus is a respiratory illness that could affect the entire respiratory tract and results in fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, cold, body pains, breathlessness, chest pain and low blood oxygen levels in the body. Do all these symptoms really mean Covid? or what does it mean if a person with these symptoms tests negative? Let’s see.
There could be many justifications behind a negative test result even when you are down with Covid symptoms. Primarily, it is according to the type of test you get. It is better to undergo RT-PCR test to identify whether CoronaVirus is present inside the body or not. As per the statements given by health experts, the new Stealth Omicron lacks a key mutation in the spike protein that leads to difficulty in virus detection.
Beside this, respiratory illnesses are also causes of such symptoms which are similar to Covid-19. After the attack of this deadly virus, people are suffering from respiratory illnesses especially who were affected with CoronaVirus earlier. Now-a-days, it has turned as a flu like disease that has been surrounding the environment. Other than the SARS-COV-2 virus, there are other viruses that are same as Corona Virus can results in the similar symptoms of Covid as well. So, it is important to understand that other respiratory illnesses can also spread the symptoms to others and critically affect the persons who are suffering from longtime illnesses.