A sore throat can be a symptom of COVID-19, but it's generally not one of the most common. Other symptoms include a cough, fever, chills, headache, loss of smell or taste, and muscle pain.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections resurged earlier after the COVID-19 pandemic than before ... rhinitis, and pharyngitis) and group B (wheezing, crackles, attenuated breath sounds ...