At first I put it down to the unknown quantity of Campari gin and tonics consumed the night before (what else is one meant to do right now?), but soon it became apparent that I simply wasn’t smelling or tasting anything. I tried chewing slower, chewing longer, having a large gulp of tea and, finally, taking a big spoonful from the jar and sucking on it. It was on a Sunday morning at 11am, mid-chew of my slice of toast with butter and Marmite, that I realised something was wrong. This is exactly what I experienced for nine days, in no way as debilitating as what others have experienced - but there’s a catch. However, one of the stranger symptoms that a number of people around the world have been reporting is a total loss of smell and taste. We’re all well aware of the recognised symptoms of Covid-19 by now a fever, a dry cough, shortness of breath and aching, with severe symptoms including pneumonia, diarrhoea, vomiting and, as some have reported, the feeling of drowning.
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