IFF teams up with medics to explore ‘smell test’ potential in early COVID-19 detection via Food Navigator-usa

IFF teams up with medics to explore ‘smell test’ potential in early COVID-19 detection

elf-administered ‘smell tests’ supported by a digital health app could serve as an COVID-19 early detection system, especially for asymptomatic carriers that may be spreading the virus without knowing it, say researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

As anecdotal evidence began to emerge suggesting the loss of sense of smell and taste* might be early symptoms of COVID-19, flavors & fragrances giant IFF teamed up with researchers at the above institutions to give ‘peel and smell’ cards** in English and Spanish to 1,500+ people at COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites, first responders, and patients in respiratory clinics at local hospitals in Boston.

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