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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Donna Lu

Testing negative to Covid but still feeling ill? Here’s what else is making us sick

Stock image of sick woman sitting in bed holding tissue
The FluTracking website has found influenza levels in Australia are trending upwards as the second Omicron wave peaks. Photograph: Yelizaveta Tomashevska/Alamy

As the weather gets colder, it’s no surprise that more of us are hearing about sick friends or colleagues, or have experienced the dreaded symptoms ourselves: cough, fever, sore throat, runny nose.

But negative rapid antigen or PCR tests have some asking the question: if not Covid, what’s making us sick?

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