As the UK prepares for its first proper Christmas festivities in two years, more and more people have found themselves getting ill.
The last few festive seasons have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic and its restrictions. But this year is the first without any testing, social distancing or isolation rules to follow.
However, people are still testing positive for Coronavirus - and parents have the added worry of rising Step A cases among primary school aged children, as well as flu cases climbing. The number of patients in hospital with flu in England has “skyrocketed” while Strep A is driving “near record” demand for NHS 111 services, new data suggests.
