Rising numbers of people across the UK are becoming ill with respiratory infections, including Covid-19, colds and flu. But it can often be difficult to know what exactly is causing your symptoms.
Coronavirus dominated our lives for two years, so people are obviously fearful of catching it. However, in recent weeks, many people have been reporting Covid-like symptoms, but when they have tested at home, their results have come back negative for the virus.
It comes as the NHS is braces for a "triple whammy" from the three illnesses over the Christmas period. Hospital admissions for flu have gone up by nearly two thirds in a week, according to the Mirror. The total number of people in private households in the UK testing positive for coronavirus stood at an estimated 1.3 million in the week to December 5, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is up 16% from 1.1 million in the previous week.
