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Nature's america burochief, laurin wolf laren, how are you? I'm great. So people that have listed ten to the nature popcast may well have heard your voice before, but this is your first time on corona pod. Well, come to corona part in this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest ovid 19 developments. It on bespeaking experts around the world about research in the time demi there's some.

One of the most curious symptoms of COVID-19 is the loss of smell and taste. For most, this phenomenon is short lived, but for many around the world the symptom can persist for months or even years after the infection has cleared. Once a tell-tale sign of infection, this sensory disruption is now becoming characterised as a chronic problem and scientists are only recently getting clear answers about the mechanisms behind it. In this episode of Coronapod, we dig into the most recent studies on the causes of smell loss after infection with SARS-CoV-2, as well as the treatments scientists are proposing to tackle it.

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