NHS adds NINE new official Covid symptoms as free lateral flow tests are scrapped

The NHS has quietly updated the official list of Covid symptoms over two years into the pandemic as free testing is set to end

the NHS added nine new officers covid Symptoms as well as free lateral flow tests are eliminated.

The list of official symptoms is believed to have been quietly expanded as of Friday afternoon, over two years into the pandemic.

Previously only three official Covid symptoms were listed.

These were a high fever, a new persistent cough, and a loss or change in the sense of smell or taste.

These were all introduced earlier in the pandemic and have been maintained ever since.

However, now the list has suddenly been updated to reflect new variants of the killer virus.

Now the officer has added a whopping nine additional symptoms NHS List.

The new list of symptoms includes the three previously listed and adds:

• shortness of breath
• Feeling tired or exhausted
• A body that hurts
• headache
• A sore throat
• A stuffy or runny nose
• loss of appetite
• diarrhea
• Feeling sick or being sick

The list is a clear departure from the previous one and greatly expands on the previous warnings.

It comes after months of reports that the new variants of Covid elicited different reactions in people, leaving them with different symptoms.

After listing the symptoms, the NHS website highlights: “The symptoms are very similar to the symptoms of other illnesses such as colds and flu.”

You used to be advised to get tested as soon as possible if people showed any of the symptoms, “even if they were mild”.

However, now under new government guidelines you are simply advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people if you have symptoms, such as a high temperature or do not feel well enough to go to work or carry out your normal activities.

That means if you have the symptoms but feel well enough to go to work, under the new guidelines, the government advises you to do so.