COVID-19 Variant Stratus Increases In Indonesia, What Are The Symptoms?

JAKARTA - The case of the stratus variant of COVID-19 has increased in Indonesia. Stratus or XFG is basically a subvariant of ORIGIN, which has long dominated transmission.

Stratus is now also a variant monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it continues to trigger an increase. However, despite the increase, WHO said that the risk of the variant causes severe symptoms to very small deaths.

Quoted from Everyday Health, on Tuesday 29 July 2025, stratus causes symptoms similar to other variants. Some of these symptoms are as follows.

- Fever-Cooking - Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing - Sore throat-Anosmia- Fatigue- Muscle pain- Headache- Nausea and vomiting- Diarrhea

However, the stratus variant can have distinctive symptoms and is slightly different from the old variant. These symptoms are hoarse or hoarse sounds.

One of the striking symptoms of the stratus variant is hoarse or hoarse, said the doctor at Harley Street and founder of Hannah London Clinic, Dr. Kaywaan Khan.

Therefore, even though the risk is low, the public must remain alert to the COVID-19 variant of the stratus. This variant also still has serious potential for public health, especially in the long term.

The public is also advised to maintain and tighten health protocols, especially in those vulnerable groups, such as children, people with low body immunity, to the elderly and those with congenital diseases.