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Hope for long Covid sufferers to regain sense of smell
A person dripping testing solution into a Covid 19 lateral flow testing strip

THOSE suffering with long Covid have had their sense of smell and taste restored with nasal surgery.

Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) used a technique for correcting blocked nasal passages on patients who have suffered a profound loss of smell after Covid infection.

Researchers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people in Britain are suffering the effects of smell loss because of long Covid.

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