If a patient develops a fever alongside pink eye, it’s a way to differentiate the infection from allergies because “allergies aren’t associated typically with a fever,” Binnicker said. According to Stamford health, a high-grade fever in adults is 103 degrees fahrenheit or higher for infants up to three months, 100.4 degrees fahrenheit or higher is considered high-grade, in children three months to three years, 102 degrees fahrenheit is high-grade and 103 degrees fahrenheit in older kids. Fevers have always been Covid symptom, but the fevers related to arcturus are higher-grade, Matthew Binnicker, the director of clinical virology at Mayo Clinic, told the Huffington Post. Brad Hutton, a public health consultant at Hutton Health Consulting, told Medical News Today arcturus seems to have “a competitive advantage to the current predominant variant in the globe, XBB.1.5.,” but it probably won’t be a “major cause for concern” since it doesn’t seem to cause more severe illness than XBB.1.5.
However, Covid testing should be done to rule the virus out. If children have itchy, red eyes the AAO advises parents shouldn’t be alarmed, as it’s a common eye condition at any age and associated with allergy. Van Kerkhove also said in the press conference what sets this subvariant apart is a mutation in the spike protein, which “shows increased infectivity, as well as potential increased pathogenicity.” SymptomsĪccording to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, pink eye (medically known as conjunctivitis) is suspected to be a symptom of the arcturus subvariant, particularly among children. As of 13 April, nearly 97 of counties, districts or territories across the US have been categorised as having a low Covid-19 community level, according to CDC data. Though it has yet pinpointed its exact origins, WHO’s risk assessment reports the subvariant was first detected in January. It is one of 600 omicron subvariants circulating the world. Arcturus OriginsĪrcturus is a descendant of the recombinant variant XBB, which stems from two separate BA.2 sublineages, according to WHO’s risk assessment. The Indian government reports a total of 61,000 Covid cases as of Wednesday, a significant uptick compared to the 13,509 cases reported on March 30. WHO’s Covid technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove, said during a press conference in March arcturus replaced the other variants in circulation in India, so it’s “one to watch.” The University of Minnesota reports the subvariant is fueling India’s biggest Covid surge in seven months.
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