Symptoms

A runny nose, sore throat and headache should be added to Britain's official list of coronavirus symptoms, GPs have urged.

The NHS says the only three tell-tale signs of the illness are a fever, cough or loss of taste and smell. But the World Health Organization and officials in the US recognise other less common symptoms such as muscle pain and diarrhoea.

A group of 140 family doctors in London have called on health chiefs to expand the number of recognised symptoms.

This is turning out to be something like climate change. Just as any type of mildly inclement weather indicates looming climate change disaster, soon any health symptom will show that the fiendishly clever coronavirus has struck.

Not having symptoms could even become coronavirus denial, a psychological condition which must be diagnosed by accredited media people.