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The main symptoms of COVID-19 appear to have changed – headaches and sore throats are now more common than fever and cough, UK experts have warned.
“COVID is behaving differently now, it’s more like a cold,” Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology who has been tracking symptoms throughout the pandemic, told The Telegraph.
Now, the most likely warning sign is a headache, followed by a sore throat and a runny nose, said the King’s College London professor.
“All of these are not the old classic symptoms,” Spector told the UK newspaper, with the previous main indications – fever and cough – now respectively fourth and fifth symptoms likely.
Spector said the shift became apparent last month. It is not yet clear why it has changed, although one theory is that it reflects the spread of the highly contagious Indian type, which Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned could become most prevalent in the United States.
“This alternative seems to work a little differently,” Spector said.
The CDC lists other symptoms of the coronavirus as shortness of breath, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting or loss of taste or smell. MARK FELIX / AFP via Getty Images
Another theory is that young people are now contracting the virus and reporting milder symptoms.
Either way, the fear is that people are infected but “don’t realize it,” the scientist said.
“People might think they have some kind of seasonal cold and still go to parties and they might spread it,” he said.
In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly updates its list of symptoms, with all of these Spector in their list of 11 major things to watch out for.
Others include shortness of breath, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting or loss of taste or smell. Even this “does not include all possible symptoms,” the CDC warns.
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