Women are less likely to recover their sense of smell and taste after a Covid infection than men, according to a study of long Covid-19 published in the medical journal 'The BMJ'.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) spoke to a patient who said she has yet to recover her sense of smell, even though it has been over 27 months since initial infection. "It was sudden, like turning an electric switch off," described another patient about her abrupt loss of smell and taste, after contracting Covid.