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The loss of these sensations is known as anosmia, and is now an officially recognised symptom of Covid-19, along with coughing and a fever.
It was only some months into the pandemic that anosmia was added to key signs of the virus after a large number of patients experienced it.Now new research has shed more light on the phenomenon, and unfortunately for some people the effects may be permanent.Researchers surveyed 187 Italians who had tested positive for coronavirus but were not hospitalised.