A woman who caught Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic says she can no longer eat meat as it 'tastes like petrol'. Pasquale Hester, 34, was struck down by the coronavirus back in March and it left her with a distorted sense of taste and smell.
The child behaviour centre manager from Bingley, West Yorks, says she can now only eat just raw vegetables and mild cheeses.
Pasquale's distorted sense - known as parosmia - has trapped her in a "living nightmare". She said: "Never in a million years would I have considered being a vegetarian before this but now I have no choice. "I've not eaten meat for months now.
Eating is no longer enjoyable, it's a chore. "Raw vegetables like sugar snap peas carrots and mushrooms are okay but anything that