Hong Kong research may explain why Covid-19 carriers lose sense of taste

Following weeks of reported symptoms and clinical evidence, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recognised the loss of taste and smell as indications of Covid-19 infection. Now a team of researchers at the University of Hong Kong have learned more about how the coronavirus that causes the disease affects these senses. The South China Morning Post’s Elaine Ly spoke with HKU Professor John Nicholls, Clinical Professor in Pathology about what the team discovered.