Is Loss Of Smell And Taste A Symptom Of COVID-19? Doctors Want To Find Out

(By Emily Kwong, Allison Aubrey, and Maria Godoy for NPR)

Three weeks ago, Washington, D.C., resident Rebecca Read Medrano started feeling unwell. She had a dry cough, fatigue, nausea and terrible stomach pains that had her bending over.

There was one more symptom, and it was a bit odd. Medrano had largely lost her sense of taste. “My cousin was cooking and everything he made tasted weird,” she recalls.

Medrano, 71, felt bad enough to go to her doctor for various tests, including testing for the coronavirus. Though she didn’t have a fever – considered a classic symptom of COVID-19 – she was concerned because her husband has a medical condition that puts him at higher risk of infection.  Continue reading article here..

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