A “new atlas of Covid rashes” has been uploaded to a website for people to help identify if they have coronavirus and if they should get a test and self-isolate
Skin rashes should be included as a coronavirus symptom (Image)
Skin rashes are so indicative of coronavirus that they need to be included on the NHS’s official list of symptoms in order to save lives, experts say.
Doctors and scientists say rashes should be taken as seriously as a high temperature, new continuous cough and loss of taste or smell.
The World Health Organisation has included “a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes” on its list for months, but the UK is holding back.
The dermatologists’ association, the health science company Zoe and King’s College researchers have launched a website showing images of Covid-19 skin rashes to help people identify theirs.
Dr Justine Kluk, a consultant dermatologist, helped choose the images for the website.
She told the Times: “This new atlas of covid rashes, the first of its kind, is an important step in raising awareness
