tags - Sinar Daily

Khairy said the short supply of medicines is not due to panic buying but due to the high demand for certain medications following the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 earlier and the rising cases of HFMD now.

A child infected with monkeypox is treated at the Doctors Without Borders centre in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic, on Oct 18, 2018. - Photo: AFP

A woman and her child, both infected with monkeypox await treatment at the quarantine of the centre of the International medical NGO Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans frontieres - MSF), in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic on October 18, 2018.(Photo by CHARLES BOUESSEL / AFP)

Israeli security forces deploy inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex following clashes which broke out in the morning with Palestinian protesters, on April 22, 2022. - AFP

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound after the morning prayers in east Jerusalem. - AFP

According to the Eurosurveillance journal, there are eight main symptoms of Omicron, namely cough, runny nose, fatigue, sore throat, headache, muscle aches including fever and sneezing.

Photo source - Bernama

Illustration purposes. (Source: 123rf)

Nausea, irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, mental fatigue, headaches, skin irritation and dizziness are among the common SBS symptoms. (Source: 123rf)