A new study has confirmed what Covid symptoms each person can expect to have dependent on their vaccination status.
There’s a whole host of potential symptoms, ranging from mild fatigue to more severe ones like loss of taste and smell and what has been coined “Covid tongue.”
Research carried out by health science company Zoe in association with researchers from King’s College London, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard and Stanford University has updated the list of expected symptoms for each category of patient.
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The project shows the top Covid symptoms reported by the more than 4 million users of the Zoe Covid Study app, which has logged symptoms since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.
Here is a full list of the top five Covid symptoms most commonly reported among three vaccination groups:
Those who have completed their primary vaccination series experience:
- Sore throat
- Persistent cough
- Runny nose
- Headache
- Blocked nose
Have only one covid vaccine dose experience:
- Headache
- Sneezing
- Runny nose
- Persistent cough
- Sore throat
Are unvaccinated experience:
- Headache
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Persistent cough
- Runny nose
Four of the five most commonly reported symptoms, including sore throat, runny nose, persistent cough, and headache, are common across all three groups but people who are unvaccinated report more fevers, which now don’t show up in other groups' top five symptoms.
Previous updates from health officials noted a major drop in the presence of once-dominant symptoms like loss of taste and smell in recent months.
The Irish government has said it will not rule out reinstating Covid rules like mask-wearing as we head into what some have predicted to be a difficult winter.
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