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28.05 - 07:15
Loss of smell, taste added to U.K.’s official COVID-19 symptom list
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LONDON — The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of COVID-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough — a step that it hopes could help pick up about two per cent more cases of the novel coronavirus. “From today, all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new continuous cough or fever or anosmia,” the United Kingdom’s four chief medical officers said in a joint statement. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “Anosmia is the loss or a change in your normal sense of smell.
It can also affect your sense of taste as the two are closely linked.” Other possible symptoms of COVID-19 include fatigue, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or loss of appetite, but
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