Getting flu with Covid doubles risk of death, says UK health chief
by Maya Wolfe-Robinson from Science | The Guardian on (#5QJAJ)
Both flu and Covid-19 will circulate this winter, warns head of UK Health Security Agency
People who catch flu and Covid at the same time this winter are twice as likely to die than those who only have coronavirus, according to the UK Health Security Agency chief executive, Dr Jenny Harries.
The former deputy chief medical officer for England warned that the UK faces an uncertain" winter - with both flu and Covid-19 circulating for the first time - and urged people to take up both the coronavirus and flu jabs if eligible.
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