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I have been coughing for a week, my body is aching ,and also have headache.last week thursday my partner got his positive covid 19 results.i went to see gp on friday and was given medication and sent back home to isolate, do i need to test ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Hmm?: I wonder why the doctor didn't order a COVID 19 test- unless his/her expectation was that you would just stay in a quarantine status? I would have thought a test would be ordered. COVID 19 sx’s: dry cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, nasal congestion, fever, headache, sore throat, feeling tired, loss of sense of taste/smell, decreased appetite, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, chills &

Answered 7/22/2020

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