Symptoms of mild Covid 19

Date: March 19, 2020 From the Toronto.ca public health website

As many as six in 10 people infected with coronavirus may be unaware they have the disease, according to a number of papers studying the outbreak.

Due to evidence of community spread of COVID-19 in Toronto, the assessment centers in the Toronto Region will be shifting their focus to people who are at risk of transmitting COVID-19 to large groups of people. Everyone else, even those with mild symptoms who have returned from travel, do not need testing, unless they get sick enough to go to an emergency department.

People who should NOT visit an assessment centre

People with mild symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection (cough, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, runny nose, and joint aches, and may also include nausea, diarrhea and stomach pains) OR fever, who are not at high-risk of transmission to larger groups.

Instead self-isolate at home for 14 days

Note that the MOH says people who had symptoms are cleared to stop self-isolating after 14 days if they feel fine.

Date: April 7, 2020

From CDC: These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure (based on the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses).

Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath

April 7, 2020

Toronto Public Health symptom checks (self-assessment tool and TPL "flatten the curve" survey)