One of the country's leading Ear, Nose and Throat consultants has told Sky News there are new signs for detecting COVID-19 in patients.
The British Association of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT UK) say asymptomatic patients - ones who do not have a fever or a cough - could show a loss of smell or taste as symptoms after contracting coronavirus.
It said in a statement: "Evidence from other countries that the entry point for the coronavirus is often in the eyes, nose and throat areas.
"We have also identified a new symptom (loss of sense of smell and taste) that may mean that people without other symptoms but with just the loss of this sense may have to self-isolate - again to reduce the spread of the virus."
It comes after the organisation revealed that two of its consultants are on ventilators and are being treated for COVID-19.
They say the ENT specialists "most likely" contracted the coronavirus from people who did not show any symptoms in the course of their daily clinical work.
Professor Nirmal Kumar consultant otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon said the nose was main entry point for the virus when we breathe in droplets infected with coronavirus.
He said: "In young patients, they do not have any significant symptoms such as the cough and fever, but they may have just the loss of sense of smell and taste, which suggests that these viruses are lodging in the nose."
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