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Home » Cancer News: Health Equals Freedom Blog – Making Sense of Cancer » Common Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms – what are the differences?

Common Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms – what are the differences?

March 19, 2020 3 Comments

Common Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms – what are the differences? As a Cancer Healthcare Navigator and a trained Virologist I am very alarmed at the type and amount of misinformation about COVID-19 on the internet, social media and media. I have put this short video to summarise the key differences between the symptoms of the Common Cold and COVID-19 to help you tell them apart quickly.

Dr Rachel explains Common Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms
Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms - A Virologist holds model virus
Cold vs COVID-19 symptoms - someone sneezing out virus

Summary Cold vs COVID-19

  • Cold – sneezing and runny nose, cover your nose if sneezing, cough into your elbow, wash your hands properly with soap – stay at home! Your GP has no treatment for the Common Cold virus.
     
  • COVID-19 – coughing and fever – cover your mouth when coughing and cough into your elbow, wash your hands properly with soap and wear a mask to stop spread to your family, and other people. Call the COVID-19 hotline 1800 020 080, ring ahead to your GP and let them know you think you need COVID-19 testing. The majority of people will get over COVID-19 by themselves.  Those with other diseases, such as cancer, and the elderly are at high risk of complications and not getting over COVID-19 easily without healthcare help, so keep the lines free.

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COVID-19 Hotline Fact sheet

References:

  1. WHO Handwashing video
  2. COVID-19 Department of Health Hotline Fact sheet
  3. Rhinovirus sneeze distance

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  1. Vicki says

    March 19, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    Thankyou we need more information like this.

  2. Andrew Lui says

    March 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Thanks for the very insightful information. With everyone on edge it’s good to hear and read the differences between the two.

  3. yify says

    December 21, 2020 at 1:08 am

    This is a great blog. Thank you for the very informative post. Alexia Forbes Devol

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