[HIGHLIGHTS] Long Covid, life without taste or smell: “All wines are rubbish, I no longer appreciate anything”

This Friday marks the second International Long Covid Awareness Day. Several hundred thousand people in France suffer from long Covid, according to the Committee for Monitoring and Anticipation of Health Risks (Covars) The symptoms can persist several months or even years after infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Ageusia and anosmia, that is to say the loss of taste and smell in scientific terms, are clearly part of this. Some patients still experience loss of smell and taste.