NHS Updates COVID-19 Symptoms

The NHS list of COVID-19 symptoms has been updated.

Body aches, a runny nose and diarrhoea are among the nine new signs of Covid that have been added to the NHS symptom list.

The health service has expanded its list of all the key symptoms of the virus to also include a loss of appetite, feeling or being sick and a headache.

Since the start of the pandemic, officials have only accepted three symptoms: a high temperature, a cough and a loss or change to taste or smell.

The updated symptoms list of symptoms includes:

• a high temperature or shivering (chills) – a high temperature means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours

• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

• shortness of breath

• feeling tired or exhausted

• an aching body

• a headache

• a sore throat

• a blocked or runny nose

• loss of appetite

• diarrhoea

• feeling sick or being sick

The symptoms are very similar to symptoms of other illnesses, such as colds and flu.

COVID declarations have had their list of symptoms updated, where applicable.