Symptoms: If you feel sick

An Easy Read fact sheet about COVID-19 symptoms, and feeling sick and what to do about it.

Person comforting another person

symptom is a sign that you might be sick. You might:
 

  • see symptoms

Person coughing

 

 

  • feel symptoms.

Person checking their temperature

The symptoms of coronavirus are:
 

  • fever

Person with sore throat

 

  • scratchy or sore throat

Person coughing

 

 

  • cough

Person blowing nose with a tissue

 

 

  • runny nose

Person holding their chest

 

 

  • feeling short of breath

Person eating a cupcake

 

 

  • loss of your sense of taste

Person smelling a lemon

 

 

  • loss of your sense of smell.

Person getting medical help

Most people who have these symptoms can do a rapid antigen test.

Anyone who is at risk of getting very sick from COVID-19 should contact their doctor to talk to them about what test they should get.

 

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