Omicron’s cold-like symptoms mean UK guidance ‘needs urgent update’
Lead scientist on Zoe Covid study calls official advice ‘misinformation’ in light of data about new variant
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The most widespread symptoms of the
Omicron variant now match those of common colds, with calls for the government to update its public health messaging to include a wider number of likely Covid symptoms.
The most common symptoms reported among users of the
Zoe Covid app have been a running nose, headaches, fatigue, sneezing and sore throats, according to the study’s most recent analysis of confirmed cases in London.
Half of those reporting cold-like symptoms also tested positive for Covid, with no clear difference in the symptoms reported for Delta or Omicron infections. But only about half of infected users also reported the “classic three symptoms of fever, cough, or loss of sense of smell or taste”, according to the Zoe analysis.
