A doctor has listed two distinctive symptoms that could indicate you have the Arcturus coronavirus > Covid variant. Epidemiologists have raised concerns about the latest strain, stating it is highly transmissible.
It is a subvariant of Omicron that has spread globally and resulted in face mask rules being brought back in in India. Cases have also been reported in the East Midlands.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, explained two ways the mutation differs from previous variants, The Mirror reports. He said: "It tends to produce more fever than some of the other strains we've seen."