Mon Apr 4, 2022 – 1:45 pm EDT
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) – Britain’s national healthcare system (NHS) has updated its guidance for identifying COVID infections by adding nine additional symptoms to its list of signs someone might have the novel coronavirus.
The NHS website previously listed just three symptoms as being indicative of a COVID infection, namely a high temperature, a “new, continuous cough,” and “a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.”
Critics had previously voiced skepticism over the identification of COVID-19 by the above symptoms, given their similarity to those experienced while infected with a common cold or flu.
Now, the NHS has added nine additional items to its list of recognized COVID symptoms, namely “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,” the NHS website admits before cautioning those who experience any of the listed symptoms to avoid contact with others and work from home, where possible.
According to The Times, Britain’s chief medical officer Chris
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