Coronavirus vs. seasonal flu: Symptoms that can differentiate between the two infections – Times of India

Both SARs-CoV-2 and influenza are respiratory viruses that are contagious and can affect your lungs and breathing. Patients infected with COVID or the flu can experience similar symptoms ranging from fever, cough, body aches, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, muscle pain, headache and gastrointestinal issues.

However, COVID-19 can cause different complications from the flu, such as blood clots and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Furthermore, experts believe symptoms like loss of sense of smell and taste are specific to COVID-19, which was prevalent during the Delta wave.

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