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Loss of smell a ‘highly reliable’ indicator of Covid-19 infection

2 October 2020

Four out of five people with sudden loss of smell or taste tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies, finds a new study led by Professor Rachel Batterham (UCL Medicine and UCLH).

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