Dr Hilary Jones has warned Brits that a new 'persistent' symptom could be added to the official list of Covid-19 symptoms after a study found that one in 11 people with coronavirus experienced it.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the health expert was discussing whether skin rashes should be added to the list.
He told Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins: "About nine per cent of people who tested positive had a skin rash.
"The important thing to say is that the skin rash is persistent, there are lots of reasons for transient skin rashes such as allergies.
"There's no doubt that when we looked at the tracker app that was set up by King's College, one in 11 people said that whilst they had other symptoms, they also had this persistent skin rash."
He added: "We've known about these skin rashes for quite a little while, and it seems to be particularly in children who had Covid-19 where the skin rash is present.
"Dermatologists have been calling it 'Covid toe' for some time, so the digits of the feet become affected via a blistery, itchy, red rash, which is pathapneumonic and very typical of Covid-19.
"So look for a rash, and there is pressure to include it in the official list of common, typical symptoms.
"Along with the fever, the persistent cough and the loss of taste and smell, we would say a persistent rash.
"And if we did that it would mean that people with that rash and no other symptoms would get tested for Covid-19, and if necessary they would be asked to self-isolate and that would protect other people. So it is an important piece of research."
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