Half of people failed to recognise Covid-19 symptoms and understood need to self-isolate

The study revealed that people were more likely to say that someone who was asymptomatic but had been in contact with a suspected case of Covid-19 should self-isolate, than someone with flu-like symptoms who had not had such contact.

Almost half of people failed to recognise Covid-19 symptoms, in a controlled experiment conducted by the ESRI.

While the majority understood that people with a fever or dry cough should self-isolate, just 49% of people understood this is also the case for sore throats, fatigue, or aches and pains.