A UK study has revealed four additional symptoms associated with coronavirus.
The Imperial College London-led REACT study found the virus had new symptoms including chills, loss of appetite, headache and muscle aches.
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This is in addition to the classic symptoms of COVID-19 including loss of sense of smell and taste, fever and a new persistent cough.
Swab tests and questionnaires were collected from more than a million people between June 2020 and January 2021 during the study, which is due to be submitted for peer-review.
The research also found symptoms in those who tested positive for COVID-19 varied with age.
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Headaches were reported for people aged five to 17, while chills were linked with people of all ages.
Appetite loss was present in those aged between 18 to 54 and over 55, and muscle aches were experienced by people aged 18 to 54.
Compared with adults, infected young people aged five to 17 were also less likely to report appetite loss, persistent coughing and fever.
In another finding, around 60 per cent of infected people did not report any symptoms in the week leading up to their test.
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REACT program director Professor Paul Elliott said the new findings suggested many people with COVID-19 "won't be getting tested and therefore won't be self-isolating" because their symptoms don't match those used in current public health guidance.
"We understand that there is a need for clear testing criteria, and that including lots of symptoms which are commonly found in other illnesses like seasonal flu could risk people self-isolating unnecessarily," Professor Elliott said.
"I hope that our findings on the most informative symptoms mean that the testing program can take advantage of the most up-to-date evidence, helping to identify more infected people."
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