Since the first cases of Covid were reported in the UK in 2020, patients have experienced a range of different symptoms. Many of us are aware of what were thought to be the most common signs in the early stages of the pandemic. Since then, however, the most likely symptoms have continued to change.
The study described this symptom as “persistent.”
The other four main symptoms at the moment are:
- Sore throat
- A runny nose
- Stuffy nose
- Headache.
The study explains: “Previously ‘traditional’ symptoms, as still outlined on the government’s website, such as anosmia (loss of smell), shortness of breath and fever, rank further down the list, at sixth, 29th and eighth respectively.
“A persistent cough now ranks fifth if you’ve had two doses of the vaccine, so it’s no longer the main indicator of having Covid.
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“Interestingly, we noticed that people who had been vaccinated and then tested positive for COVID-19 were more likely to report sneezing as a symptom compared to those without the shot.”
Symptoms of Covid if you have had one vaccine
The ranking of main symptoms was slightly different among those who had one vaccine.
Currently, the five most common symptoms are:
- Headache
- A runny nose
- Sore throat
- Sneezing
- Persistent cough.
The study said: “As we can see, after protection from just one vaccine, one of the initial indicators of persistent cough is in the top five symptoms, but it still ranks below sneezing and runny nose, which were previously thought not to be associated with infection.”
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Covid symptoms if you are not vaccinated
Symptoms among the unvaccinated are closer to the first reported symptoms, but have still changed since the start of the pandemic.
They are:
- Headache
- Sore throat
- A runny nose
- Fever
- Persistent cough.
“Loss of smell is at number nine and shortness of breath is far down the list at number 30, indicating that symptoms recorded earlier are changing with evolving variants of the virus,” the study added.
“As we’ve found, even people who have had one or two doses of the vaccination can still be susceptible to contracting Covid, and symptoms and severity differ depending on how many vaccinations you’ve had, if any.”
It comes after the Office for National Statistics reported a fall in UK cases in the week ending November 8.
In England, the estimated number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 is 940,700 – or 1.73 per cent of the population (down from 2.43 per cent in the previous week).
In Wales, 56,000 people are believed to have tested positive, while the figure was 34,200 in Northern Ireland and 97,500 in Scotland – all down on the previous week.
However, health experts are still warning of a tough winter ahead with fears of a “triple demia” caused by Covid, flu and respiratory syncytial virus infection.
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