How to get back your sense of smell after COVID-19, according to science

The link between COVID-19, smell, and taste disturbance became apparent in March 2020 as the pandemic swept around the globe. To date, nearly 100 million people have been infected with the coronavirus. Around 60% will have experienced smell and taste disturbance – with 10% having persistent symptoms. This means that about 6 million people – and rising – have this symptom. So what can be done about it? Smell loss has traditionally received little attention in the fiel