Should patients with only gastrointestinal symptoms be tested for covid -19?

USUALLY FOR BREATHIN: Typically the concerning issue to get treatment for breathing issues that someone is treated emergently or for an unrelenting fever or dehydration. Getting tested can be for symptoms like fever, breathing, loss of taste and smell.

Wide variety: No, that is just one subset of patients. Other symptoms like cough, sore throat, breathing problems , problems with sense of taste or smell, fevers, headache, fatigue, confusion are all categories that may be tested. It also depends upon whether there was confirmed or presumed exposure. People should consult a physician before getting tested and negative tests should be interpreted with caution.