ADULTS WITH RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ASKED TO WEAR MASK WHEN VENTURING OUT AS THE UKHSA ADVISES ON KEEPING CHILDREN WITH FEVERS OFF SCHOOL

Adults with respiratory illnesses are being asked to wear masks when they venture out as the NHS is all but crippled partly by a double hit from both Flu and Covid.

The UKHSA is also advising parents to keep children who have a high temperature or fever, off school.

The guidance has been in place for a number of months but ministers are issuing a plea after concerns over the NHS ability to cope as seasonal flu infections and covid cases rise sharply.

Senior doctors within the NHS have called for a national emergency to be announced, stating that a number of hospitals have already declared critical incidents due to the enormity of the pressures placed upon them.

Salford Royal Hospital is among other hospitals within the region that are battling to cope with the influx of sick patients requiring care.

One health worker described how she had not experienced such crisis since the first wave of covid hit our shores back in 2020.

Nationally about one in eight beds in England is now occupied by patients suffering from these infections, which in turn means that an estimated 500+ lives are being lost each week due to shortages.

Meanwhile China has admitted that covid deaths in the country are huge with over 70% of Shanghai's 25million residents infected, sparking fears that a new vaccine resistant variant may surface.