How new Covid variant is different to others as symptoms 'wipe people out'

A new Covid variant is sweeping the globe , predicted to become the dominant strain soon. As tales of new coughs and colds are shared between friends and family, Dr. Helen Wall has shed light on her practice's current situation.

Wall points out markedly severe Covid symptoms that appear to be incapacitating sufferers symptoms beyond the gentler impacts seen in past variants. These intense signs emerge as particular challenges for medical professionals such as the UK-based doctor, due to their similarity with other common seasonal ailments that escalate as temperatures drop and children return to school. Expert lists 7 symptoms to look out for as new Covid XEC variant spreads Trump tries to claim credit for Covid vaccine - but can't brag due to MAGA However, amidst this intersection of illnesses capable of knocking you down, Dr.

Wall underscores one essential protective measure that could ward off weeks of illness or even averted hospital stays. Dr. Wall has noted a surge in sickness alongside the spread of the new XEC coronavirus variant.

"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," she said. Wall speculates on the variant's contagious nature: "We don't completely know if it makes it more or less transmissible, I suspect more because they always are.

But we don't know what the situation is." Res.