San Francisco: Apple has updated its coronavirus screening app with new information about COVID-19 symptoms and mask tips.
- Apple issued a new version of its app with updated symptom information and recommendations from the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
- New symptoms that could be signs of COVID-19 include chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and loss of smell or taste.
- Previously known symptoms of the disease include fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
- These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus which is responsible for COVID-19, the CDC said.
- Apple also updated its app with tips related to cloth masks, including creating a mask, how to properly wear it and sanitise it.
- Apple in late March launched a COVID-19 website and app with a screening tool and other information about the new coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, Apple CEO Tim Cook had tweeted to inform the users about the COVID-19 website and app.