Covid: People with cold symptoms should stay at home and avoid Christmas parties, says leading professor
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dailyrecord.co.ukPeople with cold-like symptoms should work from home and avoid Christmas parties in a bid to halt the spread of covid, a leading professor has said.
Tim Spector, from the Covid Zoe app, urged people across the country to be "more aware of a whole range of symptoms" instead of just waiting for the loss of smell or taste, or having a fever.
The professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London told Times Radio the UK should be "much more open-minded about who we are testing" and "get more people to isolate at least for a few days with cold-like symptoms".
It comes as Deputy First Minister John Swinney urged Scots to test every day they leave home to interact with someone from outside their household.
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