With an abundance of information circulating about the safety precautions that one could implement to combat the virus, Dr. Mohammed Mansoor, Consultant and Head of pediatric dentistry in Dubai Health Authority, gives his key tips on how to understand your symptoms .
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00:00If an individual is going through a symptom that is familiar, something like a runny nose
00:11or sore throat, and it's not deteriorating day by day, then staying home and just improving
00:17their immunity and hydrating and making sure that they sleep well and they eat well is
00:25usually enough.
00:26However, if any of these symptoms, such as sore throat or dry cough or some muscle pain,
00:33if all these symptoms are corresponding to a recent travel or corresponding to direct
00:42contact with a person that is either infected or is a suspect, then this definitely warrants
00:49them to go to a hospital just to get a check.
00:52So there aren't any differentiating symptoms between the coronavirus and any other viruses.
00:58Recently there were a lot of posts and rumors that have been circulating in the social media
01:02that are basically demarcating the different symptoms between coronaviruses and other viruses.
01:08So this is not correct because based on the international health organizations, the symptoms
01:16can be very similar.
01:17The only sort of red flag that can be added to any of the symptoms that could be common
01:24is the history of recent travel to a high-risk country or contact with a person that basically
01:32got infected with the virus.