Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the two main symptoms of the virus that members of the public have been told by the NHS to look out for have been a fever and a new, persistent cough. However, people around the world have reported experiencing various other symptoms, including loss of smell and taste, “Covid toe” and rashes on other parts of their bodies. On Monday 18 May, it was reported that the NHS is to formally add loss of smell and taste to its list of coronavirus symptoms, weeks after experts warned it could be a possible sign of infection.
Carl Philpott, professor of rhinology and olfactology at Norwich Medical School said this move “will hopefully now be another measure by which the pandemic can be contained, especially as in some people it may be the only symptom or may precede other symptoms”. Professor Tim Spector, head of the department of genetic epidemiology at King’s…
