How does Olfactory and Taste Dysfunction occur? New Covid-19 Pandemic update 2022

Olfactory and Taste Dysfunction is a Severe Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) is the causative agent for Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19). Corona virus causes respiratory tract infections. The virus mainly spreads by close contact via small droplets produced while coughing, sneezing and talking. Bioaerosol transmission occurs while doing intubation, tracheostomy and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

How CT Value in the Covid-19 test is evaluated and its infection severity & viral load?

Ct value stands for cycle threshold. During the RT-PCR test, the Ct value determines the detectable level of the virus in a given sample based on which it is decided if the person is COVID positive or negative. In the RT PCR test, the RNA is extracted from the sample and is converted to DNA, which is then amplified or multiplied. This multiplication happens over a number of cycles in order to find out the viral load.