With soaring numbers of people with covid across the country it can be hard to avoid the virus at times. But with hay fever having similar symptoms to the coronavirus can you always tell the difference.
According the the Office for National Statistics (ONS) almost 4% of people in England had tested positive for coronavirus at the end of June. This was higher again elsewhere in the UK with Wales standing at 4.93%, Northern Ireland, 5.36%, and Scotland, 5.94%, reports the Liverpool Echo.
With the new BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the virus being the most infectious to date, there has also been a rise in the number of people being admitted to hospital. However with no national restrictions in place and little protection being taken by people on the streets, we are being told to live with the virus rather than hide away from it.
