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MetiNews.Com - Professor Tom Spector said the symptom is becoming increasingly common
14 January 2021 - 15:31
Breaking News ! A leading expert in coronavirus has shared a photo of a covid symptom we should all be on the look-out for. Professor Tom Spector, epidemiologist at King's College London and lead scientist on the Zoe Covid Symptom Study UK Infection Survey, said one in five patients are now presenting with uncommon symptoms. Taking to Twitter, he said: "One in five people with Covid still present with less common symptoms that don't get on the official PHE list - such as skin rashes. "Seeing increasing numbers of Covid tongues and strange mouth ulcers. "If you have a strange symptom or even just headache and fatigue stay at home!" The NHS recognises three main symptoms of covid as being a fever, a continuous cough and a loss of taste or smell.
. Some 77% of people who had a positive test had no symptoms on the day of their test, while 86% did not have a cough, temperature or loss of taste/smell. Find your nearest vaccination centre by using your postcode below
Researchers led by Professor Irene Petersen at University College London (UCL) analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) coronavirus infection survey, which has been testing thousands of households every week regardless of whether people have symptoms. The analysis looked at data for 36,061 people who had a test between the end of April and the end of June.
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