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Inside Covid-19: Life may only return to normal in 7 years; long Covid and your sense of smell; travel outlook

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Around 65% of people with coronavirus lose their sense of smell and taste and it's estimated that about 10% of those go on to develop rare conditions that create havoc. Parosmia means you can find human waste smells like food and vice versa. So what causes parosmia? We spoke to Reading University flavour scientist Dr Jane Parker, who is undertaking in-depth research on long Covid and parosmia. Also coming up in this programme, the long term effects of Covid-19 on the travel and tourism industries, with warnings from Bloomberg that life may only return to normal in 7 years at today’s vaccine rates. Christopher Nassetta, President & CEO of Hilton speaks about the outlook for the hotel industry in 2021. Plus, the  Covid-19 headlines. - Jackie Cameron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Feb 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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