Prognosis
Smell-Loss Survey Suggests Covid Widespread in Health Workers
- Two-thirds of London health care workers reported symptom
- Smell, taste loss should be monitored, researcher says
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A large proportion of U.K. health-care workers may have been infected with coronavirus early in the pandemic, according to a survey suggesting that loss of smell and taste may be a guide to determining its prevalence in populations.
About two-thirds of the London National Health Service staffers surveyed reported diminished ability to taste or smell -- one of the prominent, early symptoms of Covid-19 -- just weeks after the coronavirus arrived in the U.K., according to research published Thursday in The Lancet Microbe journal.