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Malvika Padin & Daniel Morrow & Alexander Smail

Covid Scotland: Experts warn of rare and unexpected new symptom of Omicron

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 presents different symptoms to previous strains of the virus.

The ZOE Covid Study is a Covid surveillance study app that has been documenting information about the virus, such as how it presents in patients and where the hotspots are at any given time.

According to the study, cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose, scratchy throat, and sore head are more common in those with Omicron than patients sick with previous strains.

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