GP points out key difference in symptoms between Covid variant and flu
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA GP has spoken out on the key differences that will differentiate between whether people are suffering from Covid or the flu.
Dr Helen Wall, a Bolton GP, has urged those eligible to get vaccinated to help combat against the 'tripledemic' this winter of RSV, Covid-19 and flu.
It comes as a new Covid variant is spreading across Europe and the UK. And Dr Wall, who is the clinical director of population health in Greater Manchester, said that GPs are seeing a rise in illnesses as the new XEC coronavirus variant spreads.
Some researchers have said that ‘XEC appears to have a growth advantage and is spreading faster than other circulating variants, suggesting it will become the dominant variant globally in the next few months’. READ MORE: How this Covid variant is different to others as these symptoms 'wipe people out', explained by a Greater Manchester GP The Bolton GP says she has observed that more recent coronavirus cases appear more flu-like in nature in comparison to past variants.
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