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Elaf from London: British scientific sources said that the official list of Covid symptoms has been expanded to include nine other signs of infection with the Corona virus.
Updated guidelines for the UK’s Health Security Agency now list symptoms including sore throat, muscle aches and diarrhoea.
The move comes more than two years following the outbreak of the epidemic, and a few days following the end of free tests in England.
And Covid infection has reached a record high in the UK, where 4.9 million people (regarding 1 in 13) have tested positive for the virus. The free test for most people in England ended last week
Warning
However, the NHS warns that many of the new symptoms are “very similar” to those of the common cold and flu.
The original signs of Covid infection that have been recognized in the UK are: fever, new persistent cough, loss of smell or taste.
And it was known since the early days of the epidemic that this trio was just the tip of the iceberg. The World Health Organization and other countries, including the United States, have used a longer list of symptoms for some time.
And there has been debate in the UK regarding what symptoms should be accurately recognized and whether someone should be tested for Covid. As the headache
It’s a well-known symptom of Covid, but you may not want to test everyone with one, because there are many other causes.
Fever, cough, or loss of sense of smell or taste were settled, as they were either present in most cases of Covid or caused almost exclusively by the virus.
new symptoms
But the list of symptoms now includes nine other symptoms: shortness of breath, feeling tired or exhausted, body ache, headache, sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, loss of appetite, diarrhea, feeling sick or tired.
The NHS says people should stay at home and avoid others unless you have symptoms of Covid and a high temperature, or if your symptoms are so bad that you are not well enough to work.
Professor Tim Spector, from King’s College London, campaigned for an expanded list of symptoms due to data from people tracking their symptoms in the Zoe Covid-19 app. “The main symptoms of coronavirus have finally changed following two years of stress…what a thing,” he said.
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