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CDC Adds 6 Symptoms to its COVID-19 List

Written by Delores Sutton | Apr 28, 2020 7:25:42 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added six more symptoms of the novel coronavirus to its list, suggesting health experts are learning more about the growing number of ways physicians see the virus affecting patients.

Previously, the CDC listed just three known symptoms: shortness of breath, cough and fever.

The six additional symptoms are:

  • Chills
  • Repeated shaking with chills
  • Muscle pain
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • New loss of taste or smell

The symptoms usually appear within two to 14 days after exposure to the virus.