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Four bugs flooring people across the UK

Health experts have warned there are more respiratory illnesses going around after the country began opening up and GPs have seen more 'super colds', cases of Norovirus and different strains of coronavirus

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an illness typically spread through ticks and livestock animals in countries where the disease is endemic.

The rise in cases is driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant, a mutation of the Omicron Covid variant which ripped through the UK over Christmas, and the latest Office for National Statistics figures have been released

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever has 10-40 per cent fatality rate, according to World Health Organisation

Potentially fatal viral disease caused by ticks and livestock identified only twice before in Britain

Around 30% of patients die, usually in the second week of infection

A chief medic said the virus ‘does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is very low’.

A woman has been diagnosed in the UK with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever following travel to Central Asia, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.