Dr Hilary has outlined the problem with the nine new official Covid-19 symptoms added to the NHS website. The GP joined Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley on Good Morning Britain on Monday, April 4 to discuss the new list of signs that could indicate you have the virus.
Prior to the list update, which has occurred two years into the pandemic, only three official Covid symptoms were listed - a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to the sense of smell or taste. It comes as free lateral flow testing is set to be axed.
Discussing the new list of symptoms on GMB, Kate asked Dr Hilary: "On the government website there is finally a change in the list of symptoms, there are now nine symptoms rather than the three we all became used to. Why now make that change when it's been stuck on just the three for so long?"
