Loss of taste, smell key COVID-19 symptoms: British scientists' study

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LONDON: Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a ...

Tower Bridge is seen in the late afternoon sunshine on Mar 21, 2020, on the day that UK regions traditionally desperate for tourists, pleaded for people not to visit the coast or the countryside for fear of spreading the coronavirus. LONDON: Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

Of 1.5 million app users between Mar 24 and Mar 29, 26 per cent reported one or more symptoms through the app. Of these, 1,702 also reported having been tested for COVID-19, with 579 positive results and 1,123 negative results.

Spector's team applied their findings to the more than 400,000 people reporting symptoms via the app who had not yet had a COVID-19 test, and found that almost 13 per cent of them are likely to be infected.

 

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When i down with flu , i also lost my appetite for food and every things smell like cigars

Haha, so instead of temperature taking, everyone should do mystery smelling of things such as durian or rose xD

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