It can be hard to tell the difference as symptoms between the two illnesses can be extremely similar
As the new Eris variant of coronavirus has reached Ireland, a pharmacist has shared a simple test you can do at home to see if you are more likely to have Covid or the flu.
Pharmacist at Chemist Click Abbas Kanani told the Express all people need to tell the difference is an at-home thermometer. “Traditional symptoms such as shortness of breath, loss of smell and a fever are now far less common,” he said. This is backed by findings from the Zoe Health Study, which reported how fever was far less common among people with the Omicron strain.
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