Evidence of skin symptoms in COVID-19 is not enough, said head of the Department of infectious diseases sbei HPE "First MSMU n. a. I. M. Sechenov," Ministry of health of Russia Elena Volchkova in an interview to MK.
Informed BFMTV reported that the French experts from the National syndicate of dermatologists-venereologists revealed skin lesions in the disease coronavirus infection.
"Even the Chinese, who have vast experience in monitoring such patients, never of such are not reported, and it’s very strange. So you need to collect more data to confirm this fact", — said the infectious disease.
She suggested that rash in those patients could be related to other factors such as an allergic reaction to the treatment.
"We do not know the age of these patients nor their history, nor information on the presence of allergic component. Of course, there are infections that rash is an important symptom. It is difficult only by the presence of a rash to judge what kind of disease", — concluded one.
On the rash of coronavirus infection point and other researchers. Earlier, a group of doctors from Singapore published in the Lancet the results of scientific work, according to which the disease caused by the coronavirus, there are cutaneous symptoms.
