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Hope for long Covid sufferers to regain sense of smell
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THOSE suffering with long Covid have had their sense of smell and taste restored with nasal surgery.

Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) used a technique for correcting blocked nasal passages on patients who have suffered a profound loss of smell after Covid infection.

Researchers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people in Britain are suffering the effects of smell loss because of long Covid.

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