“[These are] four very common viral illnesses that circulate every winter in different peaks,” NHS general practitioner Dr. Alexander Allen told Sky News.
“This is peak time so even if you are fit and healthy, your chances of catching all of these illnesses if quite high.”
He continued: “Flu is the cause of the rise in winter illnesses that we’ve seen in the past week, with emergency department attendances also increasing.”
When asked how to effectively fight these illnesses, he said that immunizations are essential, especially when it comes to COVID-19 and the flu.
A Covid-19 booster shot may be scheduled for members of the over-65 population, care home residents, frontline workers, and anybody with a health condition that deems them “vulnerable.”
