GP says new Covid strain is different to others as symptoms 'wipe people out'
dailyrecord.co.ukA new Covid strain is spreading rapidly around the world and is projected to soon become the primary variant. As winter illnesses begin cropping up with colder weather, a GP has revealed what she is seeing in her practice.
Dr Helen Wall has noticed serious new Covid symptoms that 'seem to be really wiping people out'. For GPs treating an influx of patients with similar coughs and fevers, it can be challenging to identify Covid from a slew of other winter illnesses.But Dr Wall says that all these illnesses can put you out of commission, and there is one important thing you can do to avoid being knocked out for weeks, or even going to hospital.
Dr Wall, clinical director of population health in Greater Manchester, said GPs are seeing an increase in illnesses as the new XEC coronavirus variant spreads, reports the Manchester Evening News .
She said: “We do see generally a rise in respiratory infections this time of year. There is another Covid variant on the scene which is expected to become the most dominant, and is becoming more prevalent like all the variants before it.“We don’t completely know if it makes it more or less transmissible, I suspect more because they always are.
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