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1. Anosmia (loss of smell) is a symptom. The most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, as the disease has spread around the world, healthcare providers have noticed a few unusual symptoms, including loss of smell (anosmia) and decreased sense of taste (ageusia).

In South Korea, 30% of people who tested positive for the virus said that loss of smell was their first major symptom. In Germany, more than 2 out of 3 confirmed cases included loss of smell and taste.

Doctors recommend that anyone who experiences a sudden loss of smell or taste self-isolate and contact their healthcare provider.

LinkedIn senior man with face mask looking through window COVID-19 Facts That Might Surprise You In January 2020, scientists announced that a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was responsible for an outbreak of respiratory disease and pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus has spread around the world, sickening hundreds of thousands of people.

We’re learning more every day about the coronavirus that has caused the first pandemic since the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Find out what doctors are learning about SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, including unexpected symptoms and how it might be treated.

senior woman smelling coffee or tea cup 1. Anosmia (loss of smell) is a symptom. The most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough and shortness of breath. However, as the disease has spread around the world, healthcare providers have noticed a few unusual symptoms, including loss of smell (anosmia) and decreased sense of taste (ageusia).

In South Korea, 30% of people who tested positive for the virus said that loss of smell was their first major symptom. In Germany, more than 2 out of 3 confirmed cases included loss of smell and taste.

Doctors recommend that anyone who experiences a sudden loss of smell or taste self-isolate and contact their healthcare provider.

Transmission electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2—the coronavirus that causes COVID-19—emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH 2. SARS-CoV-2 binds tightly to human cells. In 2003, SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, spread from Asia throughout the world, sickening more than 8,000 people and killing more than 700 over a six-month period. The virus that caused SARS (SARS-CoV) is similar to the one that causes COVID-19—both are types of coronaviruses—but researchers have recently discovered an important difference that may explain why the new coronavirus is so hard to stop: SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) binds 10 to 20 times more tightly to human cells than SARS-CoV (the virus responsible for SARS).