How COVID-19 spreads The virus is usually spread from person to person by: close contact with an infectious person contact with fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles from an infected person’s cough or sneeze touching objects or surfaces that have droplets from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face. Symptoms of COVID-19 Symptoms of COVID-19 can range from mild to severe. Some people recover easily, and others get very sick very quickly. If you test positive for COVID-19 you may experience: fever coughing sore throat shortness of breath. Other symptoms include: runny nose or congestion headache or fatigue muscle or joint pains nausea or loss of appetite diarrhoea or vomiting temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste. COVID-19 symptoms are similar to some common illnesses, such as colds and flu, or allergies. See our COVID-19: Identifying the symptoms fact sheet. You can use our COVID-19 symptom checker to find out if you need to get tested, or ...
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