Two Thirds Of Staff At One

Two thirds of staff at one hospital trust lost their sense of taste or smell during the peak of the epidemic but most couldn't get tested, a study shows.
Researchers asked staff at 's Barts Health NHS Trust to complete a questionnaire in the week of April 17 to 23, Bio-CO2 at the height of the epidemic.
Almost two-thirds of staff at the hospital said they had suffered anosmia - a loss of taste or smell. 
However, as anosmia was not listed as an official coronavirus symptom at the time, the NHS workers could only get tested if they had a cough or a fever. 
It comes after it was revealed that nine out of 10 health and care workers who caught the coronavirus got it at work, according to a report published at the beginning of July.
And one in five patients hospitalised with Covid-19 had caught the virus while on a ward, raising concerns about the spread of the disease inside hospitals.   
Two thirds of staff at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London (pictured) lost their sense of taste or smell during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic but most couldn't get tested, a study shows
Almost two-thirds of staff at the hospital said they had suffered anosmia - a loss of taste or smell (stock picture) 
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