A leading virologist said his colleagues were seeing far more cases of influenza so far this winter than Covid.
Dr Chris Smith, from the University of Cambridge, said his team had tested people across the East of England to find out what had caused them to fall ill.
"Flu is the major player. Covid's quite far down the list, surprisingly, but it is out there," he said.
He warned it was possible to catch multiple illnesses at the same time and they all had similar symptoms, such as a runny nose and sore throat, making it difficult to diagnose.
Dr Smith talked a lot of sense throughout the Pandemic ......... JHeals - covid jabs saved a lot of lives. These current viruses are nothing to do with either Covid or vaccines. What ever people read on the net, they also need to read peer reviewed papers and NHS reports.