Answered by: Dr Sashini Seeni
My father had his fever three days before. After three days, he loss his sense of smell but not his taste and his fever gradually better. So does it considered as positive Covid 19? Thank you.
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First and foremost, we truly understand your concerns regarding your father’s symptoms being caused by the COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, the symptoms are not specific to just COVID-19, but to a list of other respiratory conditions too. Based on his symptoms, he is encouraged to answer the quiz on Risk Assessment for COVID-19 to evaluate his health status in regards to this disease. After completing this quiz, he will be classified into several categories. According to WHO, the common symptoms of COVID-19 infection are:
If he’s in medium-high risk he’ll required to be quarantine for 14 days and if he’s in high risk group he’ll need to come to the hospital immediately. In order to confirm an individual is positive COVID-19 or not, swab/ PCR test is required.
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