NEW DELHI: The government is mulling to include sudden loss of taste and smell as a criteria for Covid-19 testing, sources said on Friday as India witnessed a surge in coronavirus instances with total caseload racing towards the three lakh mark.
The issue was discussed in a meeting of the National Task Force on Covid-19 held last Sunday, but no consensus on the matter has been reached yet.
“At the meeting, some members suggested including loss of taste and smell in the eligibility criteria for Covid-19 testing stating that several patients have been reporting symptoms like these,” a source in the health ministry said.
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