> not sure if this has been or will be confirmed by research though

Definitely not research but I've read several comments on /r/italy that were mentioning just that, i.e. loss of smell combined with loss of taste for some of the commenters in there or their friends/acquaintances (who also had other covid-related symptoms). I've first read this 3 or 4 or days ago, so it was not written as responses to articles like these (which have started showing up in the last two or so days).