New COVID-19 symptoms indicate beginning of fresh wave in England. Here are the details

COVID-19 symptoms that British health experts are cautioning against is sore throat. More than half of the people testing positive for COVID for the first time are complaining of a sore throat. Professor Lawrence Young told the media that many people still adhere to the government's guidelines about the symptoms, but these are wrong. When people contract COVID, their symptoms begin with a sore throat.

Experts also say that fever and loss of smell are infrequent symptoms now. So, many people will think they do not have COVID since they will not show these symptoms. If they had a sore throat, they would rule it out as a cold and not get tested. This notion will be dangerous, they said.




This winter, a new wave may hit the United Kingdom harder, media reports said citing experts. The United Kingdom is again facing a new wave of COVID, and this time it will affect the older generation more than the younger population, it added. Medical experts say this wave will be worse due to the lack of testing of new immune evasive variants of COVID.

FAQs:

1. How much has COVID-19 affected the United Kingdom this time?
   According to the new data that has come in, COVID-19 has risen more than 14 per cent. This spike is more than the last increase in the summer.
2. Why is COVID-19 affecting England harder than before?
   The new sub-variants of Omicron have been immune-evasive. England has stopped testing new variants, generating a more powerful wave of COVID that will hit the country this winter, media reports said citing experts.