A 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.