Practices that have undertaken training in the IRIS programme saw a 30-fold increase in referrals to advocacy agencies for women affected by domestic violence and abuse, according to research presented at the RCGP annual conference.
Scientists think the Indian variant is working slightly differently to earlier mutations of the virus and causing the change, as infected younger people are showing milder cold-like symptoms.
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Almost a year into the pandemic in the UK, we all now definitely know what to look for when it comes to COVID-19. The UK currently lists three key symptoms as the most common indicators of coronavirus; a fever, cough, and loss of taste/smell, but a scientific study released this month links four further symptoms to coronavirus.
The four symptoms that may also be an indicator of COVID include
chills, a loss of appetite, headaches and achey muscles. The study, which was conducted by Imperial College London, assessed more than a million people to draw its conclusions. Swab tests and questionnaires were collected and analysed between June 2020 and January 2021, and researchers noticed that patients who reported
There have been more calls for the official Covid symptoms list to be expanded.
Independent Sage, a group of scientists providing independent scientific advice to the UK government and public during the Covid-19 crisis, believe the symptoms list should be expanded.
The thinking goes that expanding the official list would not only raise awareness around the full list of possible Covid-19 symptoms, but also enable more people to access testing. If the public is more aware that mild signs such as a runny nose or sore throat could also signal Covid, people may also be more inclined to self isolate when feeling ill, rather than going about business as normal and potentially spreading the virus to others during its most infectious stage.