Omicron symptoms: Sneezing is a sign of Covid variant

Sneezing now accounts for 60 percent of symptomatic cases of Omicron in the UK, the latest ZOE data suggests.

Other common symptoms include:

• Runny nose
• Headache
• Fatigue (mild or severe)
• Sore throat

The ZOE analysis, which draws on data from user submissions to its app, found no clear difference in the symptom profile of Delta and Omicron, with only 50 percent of people experiencing the classic three symptoms of fever, cough, or loss of sense of smell or taste.

Interestingly, loss of smell and taste have become much less common – it was in the top 10 symptoms earlier in the 2021 and now its ranking at 17, with only one in five people experiencing it.