Researchers add that it's likely that a large proportion of people who had the virus did not display symptoms.
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Carried out by researchers from the University of Leeds, UK along with four other universities, the new review is one of the biggest so far to investigate Covid-19 symptoms and included data from 148 separate studies.
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