Loss of smell and taste now officially coronavirus symptoms, government says

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Government changes official symptoms list for Covid-19 amid criticism it has been too slow to act - meaning many cases have gone undetected

Professor Tim Spector, head of the department of genetic epidemiology and leader of the Covid symptom study app at King's College London, told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme that 17 other countries including the US had altered their list of symptoms beyond a cough and fever.

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