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UK study finds loss of smell most reliable indicator of Covid-19 – Deccan Herald
An acute loss of smell or taste is a “highly reliable” coronavirus indicator and should now be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, a…
An acute loss of smell or taste is a “highly reliable” coronavirus indicator and should now be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing, according to a research by UK scientists.
The cohort study, which assessed health data from primary care centres in London and is published in PLOS Medicine’ this week, found that 78 per cent of people who reported sudden loss of smell and/or taste at the height of the pandemic had SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 antibodies. O…
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