Mary Wilson
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By James Gallagher
The official list of Covid symptoms has been expanded to include another nine signs of a coronavirus infection.
The UK Health Security Agency's updated guidance now lists symptomsincluding a sore throat, muscle pains and diarrhoea.
The move comes more than two years into the pandemic, and just days after free testing ended in England.
However, the NHS cautions that many of the new symptoms "are very similar" to those for colds and flu.
The original signs of a Covid infection that were recognised in the UK were:
By James Gallagher
The official list of Covid symptoms has been expanded to include another nine signs of a coronavirus infection.
The UK Health Security Agency's updated guidance now lists symptomsincluding a sore throat, muscle pains and diarrhoea.
The move comes more than two years into the pandemic, and just days after free testing ended in England.
However, the NHS cautions that many of the new symptoms "are very similar" to those for colds and flu.
The original signs of a Covid infection that were recognised in the UK were:
- fever
- new continuous cough
- loss of sense of smell or taste
- shortness of breath
- feeling tired or exhausted
- aching body
- headache
- sore throat
- blocked or runny nose
- loss of appetite
- diarrhoea
- feeling sick or being sick